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Posted: October 4, 2007 5:52 PM
Kucinich Campaign Reaches $1 Million Fund-raising Goal
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Ohio representative and Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich celebrated a successful third quarter, raising more than $1 million for his campaign, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“Money’s still coming in,” Kucinich told the Online NewsHour. The campaign has yet to report its final numbers.

The congressman attributes part of his success to supporters in California and Hawaii, where he’s recently been campaigning.

“Supporters in California have been a deep reservoir,” he said.

Kucinich’s jacket pocket is also an apparent deep reservoir, to which the Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert took issue.

Colbert provided a laundry list of items Kucinich claims to carry with him at all times, including a Bible verse and a pocket-sized U.S. Constitution. These items are acceptable, Colbert said, but he drew the line at an incident when Kucinich reportedly retrieved a tea bag from his pocket, made a cup of tea, and then replaced it.

“Cards are one thing, but now you have breakfast in there?” said Colbert. “Not even Mike Gravel is crazy enough to keep used tea bags in his pockets.”

Although Colbert issued an invitation for Kucinich to come to the show and “empty his pockets,” the congressman has been busy on Capitol Hill this week, including questioning Blackwater head Eric Prince at a House hearing.

Responding to criticism from Ohio locals that he has been neglecting his district during his campaign, Kucinich said, “anyone who runs for president” must balance their work with primary duties.

“The people in my district know that I take care of them,” he said. “Most of the people complaining are Republicans.”