Kucinich takes different path

Count on Dennis Kucinich to be the contrarian in the Democratic presidential field.

Fellow Democrat Joe Biden started airing a new TV ad in Iowa this week that quotes his rivals Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson saying nice things about Biden's national security and foreign policy stands.

Not so much for Kucinich, who issued a statement saying that Biden is wrong on major issues, including the Iraq war and homeland security measures, and if the other candidates agree with him, they're wrong, too.

"There's a reason that Congressman Kucinich was the only candidate deliberately excluded from the ad blitz," his campaign said in a statement. "Joe Biden knows, and the other Democratic candidates know, that Dennis Kucinich doesn't walk their line.

"If voters are dissatisfied with the Biden tweedle-dums and tweedle-dees, they should vote for someone who represents their beliefs and their values."

Kucinich, who has called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what he calls their trampling of civil liberties and the Constitution, has failed to gain much traction in the race, polling in the single digits.