He can stop calling himself an "independent" too...Cincinnati, OH - February 27, 2009 - David Krikorian met with supporters on Wednesday to announce his decision to run for US Congress in 2010 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Today the Krikorian Campaign issued a video announcement of his candidacy to supporters and members of the media. The video may be viewed at http://krikorian2010.com
This week the Krikorian campaign mailed out over 400 letters to Democratic Party officials including county central committee members, elected officials, party chairs, precinct captains and boosters asking them to join in support of the campaign.
In the 2008 election, Mr. Krikorian received the highest vote of any Independent or third-party candidate running for Congress anywhere in the country.
Krikorian supporters including liberals, moderates and conservatives strongly support his decision. "After careful consideration of both political parties and another independent run, the decision became obvious, the Democratic Party is the party of America today. The Republican party has become the party of obstruction" said Krikorian.
"Our district is a conservative district, they used to call conservative Democrats, Boll Weevil Democrats. Today we are called Blue Dog Democrats." Said Mr. Krikorian
"I want to help our country get back on the road to economic prosperity. Jean Schmidt and the Republican party had their chance to provide fiscal leadership and instead delivered enormous budget deficits and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. With the support of the Democratic Party, I will beat Jean Schmidt in 2010" added Krikorian.
UPDATE: Hamilton County Democratic Party chairman Tim Burke brings the truth about the Angry Armenian: ""David was in to see me a couple weeks ago. It was clear he was thinking in this direction. It's always good to see people come back into the Democratic Party, but he's going to have some fence mending to do," said Burke." Emphasis added... I'll argue that he never joined the Republican Party.
