No-chance-in-hell-but-sports-a-hot-wife Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has opened an official HQ in Second Life. I’m unsure how significant this really is though. The director of multimedia for the campaign, Chad Ely, had this to say, “We do them all,” said Ely. “Any and all ways we can get out to the people and let them know about Dennis Kucinich. That’s all we have to do. He’s got all the other candidates beat on the issues, so his stand on the issues will do the job for us.”

I certainly agree with Mr. Ely regarding Kucinich having all the other candidates beat on the issues but it won’t make a bit of difference in the election. He has zero realistic chance of winning, which is why he can afford to get into Second Life. He doesn’t have to worry about tarring himself with SL’s image problems, so I’m not sure whether this represents a vote of confidence in Second Life or just effectively checking off a box on a list of any and all social networking opportunities they can think of.