CNN and the Nevada Democratic Party will host a debate in Las Vegas on Thursday, bringing a bunch of righteous candidates to Sin City. Everyone but Mike Gravel will be there, including Hillary, Chris Dodd and John Edwards. (Gravel didn't rake in enough cash to earn an invite, says CNN.)

Dennis Kucinich will be around town the day of the debate, including a lunch at Tipps Thai on Spring Mountain Road. Barack Obama is already touring southern Nevada, with stops in Boulder City and Pahrump today.

Thursday evening, candidates will duke it out at the Cox Pavilion at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, just a short drive from The Strip. Since the debate starts at 5, that should give everyone plenty of time to get over to see the late performance of KA by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand.

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Dennis Kucinich, the democratic presidential candidate with the freedom to say what he thinks and travel where he wants because he has no chance of winning, took his second campaign trip to Hawaii last weekend.

He and his daughter--oh, wait, that's his wife--visited four islands, spreading his cuddly platform of free health care, marriage for all, environmental protection and peace. But is he preaching to the choir? Nationally, depending on the poll, about 1 and 3 percent of people support Kucinich, but he came in second in Hawaii when he ran in 2004, with 31 percent of the popular vote. John Kerry won, with about 47 percent.

Kucinich is the first candidate to visit Hawaii. Like the state itself, he acknowledges and embraces his underdog status. Without the pressure to earn the votes and raise the megabucks needed to win, he can travel to Maui while the rest of the gang sits on buses in Iowa.

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