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Just for the Record | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Thrid Party Strategies (none / 0)

Good points. You're right that there has not been enough action.

One of the things I find most frustrating about the netroots is how little inclination there is to develop and support third-party Congressional candidacies. The only case I am aware of where this has come up recently is Cindy Sheehan's challenge of Nancy Pelosi, but many have reflexively denounced it. I think there should be more of that kind of thing.

And when it comes to candidates themselves, progressive Dem candidates should be willing to pull a Lieberman when they fail to get the Dem nomination, in cases where the law makes that possible.

This situation where the Rethugs are very aggressive and the Dems are pusillanimous has been going on since the 1970s, and we have seen yesterday and in May that it is continuing unabated, despite the fact that the public has moved to the left. The time really might be ripe for the emergence of a new party, but so far there is very little discussion of that. How can we continue in this way with both major parties being to the right of the electorate?

I really don't see where a third party could emerge from if it isn't the netroots. But no matter how many times the Dem Party stabs the American people in the back, the feeling remains that we have no choice but to be loyal to it.

Republicans are like fetuses: both are incapable of thought. That's why Republicans are against abortion.

by Alexander on Sun Aug 5th, 2007 at 04:59:52 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Thrid Party Strategies (4.00 / 2)

To me it seems rather simple actually...we have a third party-The Green Party...all you have to do is read their platform which is amazing/progressive and everything I would have wanted to the dems to be.

If every disaffected dem signed on to the Green Party we'd be in business.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Sun Aug 5th, 2007 at 05:06:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Thrid Party Strategies (none / 0)

I was thinking about that, but decided not to mention it since I was under the impression that the Green Party is not really interested in gaining significant power, because of its lack of visibility.

But we know why it lacks visibility. I will read their platform.

Perhaps it is time for the progressive mainstream to stop vilifying the Green Party? As TarheelDem suggests, supporting a third party does not require backing a spoiler third-party presidential candidate.

BTW: is there any significance to green being the color of the BT?

Republicans are like fetuses: both are incapable of thought. That's why Republicans are against abortion.

by Alexander on Sun Aug 5th, 2007 at 05:29:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Platforms don't mean shit (none / 0)

If you can't turn out the voters in a Congressional District.

Or if you don't even try to build a local presence for a party.

That is my criticism of the Greens after long years of watching them. They are only good for a national platform that sounds good and a candidate who is there to send a message but who is not working to win.

My second criticism is the willingness of local Green Parties to ally with Republicans to try to defeat Democrats. That is not the way to fulfill the Green platform, if I accurately understand that platform.

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

by TarheelDem on Sun Aug 5th, 2007 at 06:17:31 PM EST
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Re: Platforms don't mean shit (none / 0)

Well, it's time for the Greens to work to win. I think that chocolate ink's point still stands, since if you want to build up a third party, starting with the Green Party is better than starting completely from scratch.

I don't think that most Greens understand the degree to which the Dems share the goals of the Rethugs any more than most progressive bloggers do.

Republicans are like fetuses: both are incapable of thought. That's why Republicans are against abortion.

by Alexander on Mon Aug 6th, 2007 at 01:33:36 AM EST
[ Parent ]

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