Kucinich Campaigns for Dean's Vote
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Federal spending was the topic and Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich (search) came prepared with a pie chart to argue his point about a bloated Pentagon budget.
But although many listened to Tuesday's presidential debate, few could see the Ohio congressman's prop.
The debate was broadcast only on National Public Radio.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}As Kucinich challenged Democratic front-runner Howard Dean (search) for refusing to acknowledge that the Pentagon budget (search) needs to be cut, debate moderator Neal Conan of NPR interrupted.
"Congressman Kucinich is holding up a pie chart, which is not truly effective on radio," Conan told his listeners.
Kucinich was not deterred.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Well, it's effective if Howard can see it," he replied.