NBC has donated money to the top three contenders' campaigns as well. The debate started off with questions about race and the Clinton and Obama campaigns. An issue MSNBC has been trying to heat up all week for some headlines. It's a non-issue anyway because we know none of the candidates are racist in the first place. But it is an easy way to blow 20 minutes of a debate with the top 2 candidates making speeches with little content related to how they would take care of health care, economy, Iraq, Impeachment, etc.

GE also has a lot to gain, via military contracts, by keeping the troops in Iraq. It's disgraceful that they would actually fight to keep the American people from hearing a counter point of view from the so-called top three candidates. Its shameful and it turned the debate into a fake softball questioned infomercial for MSNBC's favorites who talk about change but offer nearly none.

Why would they fight to exclude Kucinich?
He was against war with Iraq and has voted 100% of the time NOT to fund the war and insist on cutting funding immediately.

He is the only candidate with a single payer not for profit health plan that cuts out insurance companies. Keep in mind that the insurance companies are for universal health care as well, but not from the other candidates, not Kucinich. The other plans would be equal to universal insurance for all Americans. What insurance company would not back that plan? They did it with car insurance and they will do it with your health insurance and guess who still won't be able to afford it.

Kucinich is for Impeaching Bush and Cheney, thus protecting our constitution and stop future presidencies from spying on its own people and manipulating the country into a war which would serve as a giant money laundering operation for government cronies.

Kucinich is the only candidate who is championing civil rights for all Americans by accepting gay marriage. Not going half way by calling for civil unions or passing the buck by letting individual states decide.