{"id":924,"date":"2018-04-29T22:46:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T02:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2018-04-30T22:50:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T02:50:25","slug":"left-vs-left-richard-cordray-and-dennis-kucinich-battle-for-governor-of-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"Left vs. Left: Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich Battle for Governor of Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Matt Flegenheimer\u00a0<\/a>April 29, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the May 8 Democratic primary for governor of Ohio, two well-known progressives, Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich, are running on differing brands of liberalism that reflect divergences on the left.<\/span>Credit<\/span>Andrew Spear for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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AKRON, Ohio \u2014 Richard Cordray speaks softly and carries a big stack: lime-green index cards, pressed into his shirt pocket, near enough for any sudden onset of note-taking.<\/p>\n

A former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he has been endorsed in his bid for Ohio governor by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has told him he needs to learn how to brag more. \u201cI am\u00a0pretty good<\/em>\u00a0at getting back people\u2019s money,\u201d Mr. Cordray managed before an outdoor crowd of dozens here recently. Polite applause followed. He is trying.<\/p>\n

Dennis Kucinich speaks until someone interrupts him \u2014 and even this is often insufficient \u2014 and carries a bag of vegan groceries heavy enough to sink his right arm like a weight-bearing scale of justice.<\/p>\n

A former congressman and presidential candidate also running for governor, he has been endorsed in the May 8 Democratic primary by allies of Senator Bernie Sanders, who remember Mr. Kucinich\u2019s lectern-pounding opposition to the Iraq war and his long-ago turn as the \u201cboy mayor\u201d of Cleveland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDennis!\u201d shouted Keith Thornhill, 58, a cape-wearing sidewalk busker who was a teenager when Mr. Kucinich, now 71, first ran the city. \u201cGlad you\u2019re back in the game, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Superman,\u201d Mr. Kucinich said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n