Thanks to Jim Mangia & Linda Curtis from IndependentPrimary.com for sending this info along to me. We need to take strong action or this sort of thing will continue to occur to Kucinich. As I’ve said before, no private power should have the right to exclude candidates from a public debate. Business should have no part in the democratic process at all, or it ceases to be democratic.

The least we can do is sign this petition. If you’d like to do more, commenter DemocracyNow had some suggestions yesterday. Get involved.

This week the Des Moines Register excluded Congressman Dennis Kucinich from the Iowa debates — despite the fact that he met all of their published criteria.

Congressman Ron Paul and Senator Mike Gravel have also faced debate exclusion.

Given the challenges America faces right now, we need more debate and dialogue - not less. Yet the party insiders are moving to shut things down.

Independent voters and independent-minded Democrats and Republicans aren’t going to let them.

We’re sending a petition to Party Chairs Howard Dean and Mike Duncan.

The message: We need your intervention to keep the debates open.

Can you take a moment to take a stand for democracy?
To sign the petition, click here>