Kucinich Drops From Race

With few votes to show for his efforts and facing a tough congressional re-election fight, left-leaning Dennis Kucinich said today he's dropping out of the Democratic presidential race. Kucinich, a six-term Ohio congressman, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer he's leaving the race for practical reasons, though he's "been able to do more than hold my own."

Kucinich, 61, said he'll make official tomorrow the end of a campaign in which he's called for universal health care, the establishment of a Department of Peace, and the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney. "There is a point at which you just realize that you accept it, that it isn't going to happen and you move on," Kucinich said. (More Dennis Kucinich stories.)