Jim Trakas, the Republican candidate challenging Dennis Kucinich in the 10th District Congressinal race, issued a news release yesterday criticizing

Kucinich's introduction of articles of impeachment

against President Bush.

Kucinich has misplaced priorities, Trakas claimed.

In a news release, Trakas noted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had emphatically said that Congress will not consider a presidential impeachment resolution. Trakas said that Kucinich's introduction Monday of 35 articles of impeachment against Bush

Trakas also noted that when voters attempted to recall Kucinich during his mayoral term, Kucinich had argued that was a waste of time, deflecting him from his duties as mayor.

Read Trakas' statement (pdf).

Kucinich introduced a resolution last year to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. That resolution was killed, but only after Republicans initially voted in favor of taking up the measure to force a debate.

Kucinich won 50 percent of the vote in a five-way House Democratic primary in March, beating back critics who said he ignored business at home to travel the country in his quest to be president.

Trakas and Kucinich face off in November.