OH-10: Congressional Quarterly Says Dennis In Trouble, Palmer On Fire

Rut Roh!

More than just BSB is paying attention to Dennis Kucinich's primary opponent, Rosemary Palmer these days. In fact this afternoon CQ picked up on the fact that Dennis has a race on his hands.

Five House Democrats Face Serious Primary Challenges

Despite public criticism of Congress as a whole, few incumbents are defeated in general elections, and even fewer lose primary races against members of their own party.

But primary contests can be the only meaningful outlet for voter discontent in congressional districts that are gerrymandered, as so many are these days, to ensure that one party or the other will always win the general election.

Such lopsided districts dominate the list of 16 across the nation identified by CQPolitics.com as featuring contests for 2008 in which U.S. House incumbents face unusually vigorous primary challenges.

There are five Democratic incumbents facing serious primary challenges...

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, who is making his second longshot presidential bid, faces a contest closer to home in the 10th District, which encompasses west side Cleveland and its suburbs. Challenger Rosemary Palmer says Kucinich has missed too many important votes in his quixotic bid for the White House effort.

Just keep on voting against Democratic interests and neglecting your district Kucinich, see where that gets you.