Maybe Kucinich has an important role to play, right NOW.

Even though he was unable to break through all the conventions and assumptions and prejudices involved in a nationwide Prewsidential campaign, he should certainly be able to make himself heard among a relatively small number of fellow congresspersons and senators, now that they suddenly realize that none of the old conventional approaches can work.

And, so much the better if he can team up with Ron Paul in a "bipartisan" effort. Neither Republicans nor Democrats would then be able to summarily reject their analysis and proposals on partisan grounds, as being "too liberal" or "too right-wing." Those two have been easily dismissed as being "out of the mainstream" ~ but if they can come to common-sense agreement while supposedly representing opposite ends of the political spectrum, how could anyone ignore them?