Negotiations with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., are in the works and a visit from Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, is also on the horizon.
Kucinich declined to appear on “Hardball,” criticizing what he called host Chris Matthews’ conservative agenda. But while he had tentative plans to visit Kirkland earlier this month, the College Dems cancelled the event due to several conflicitng events which they feared may have caused sparse attendance.
“You don’t want to sacrifice attendance at one event because you did too many events that week,” McGeary said.
He also mentioned that Kucinich, like Moseley Braun, is less of a high-profile candidate and feared that an overload of conflicts that weekend would have resulted in sparse attendance.
The Harvard College Democrats are still working to reschedule with Kucinich, said McGeary.
Yet unlike Kucinich’s flat-out refusal to be on Hardball, Lieberman has not said no. According to Glickman, the IOP is still working out the logistics of accommodating Lieberman’s schedule, though no dates have been confirmed.
“He is a close personal friend of mine, and I would like him to be here very much, but it is a logistics matter. We are still working on it,” Glickman said. “He is an extraordinarily decent person and I would like to get him here and I think he would like to come.”
The next two candidates that are booked and confirmed are Dean and Clark, who will speak on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, respectively. The lottery for tickets to hear Dean speak starts today, earlier than anticipated due to the holiday.
While Clark and Dean’s visits will mark the last confirmed dates, all nine of the democratic presidential candidates have been asked to participate, said Solomon.
—Staff writer Faryl W. Ury can be reached at ury@fas.harvard.edu.