Station Manager, John Culliton, came out and gave the group the opportunity to ask him for his comment on the situation. Since Mr. Culliton had not watched the debate, the supporters explained that during the debate on Tuesday evening, Dennis Kucinich had challenged Ted Koppel by telling him that American voters would rather hear about the issues than about endorsements, money and the polls! And then Dennis went on to tell him that even though his candidacy might be "inconvenient", he wasn't going to withdraw. The following day, ABC withdrew their embed reporter in the Kucinich campaign and today ABC cancelled a one-hour Kucinich interview with an affiliate station in Iowa. The group meeting with Culliton, asked if he didn't think this was coincidental?

The group explained to Mr. Culliton that no candidates should be marginalized and none should be dismissed since not one vote had yet been cast! (Culliton was also reminded that Kucinich, Sharpton, and Mosley-Braun were currently polling close to where Bill Clinton was polling at this relative point in his first run for the presidency.)