The strange and startling array of items tucked away in the pockets of Democratic presidential candidate — or, as Stephen Colbert calls him, the “Democratic Party headquarters’ house elf” — Dennis Kucinich constitutes cause for concern on Colbert’s part, as well as grounds for Kucinich’s inclusion on Colbert’s (pocket-size) “On Notice” board.

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