Third Party Mega Thread

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The CPUSA hasn't run a presidential candidate since 1980, IIRC. 

Gus Hall ran in 1984.

the PSL is running a candidate but he's 28 and constitutionally ineligible to run for President so he didn't get ballot access anywhere.

Actually, the PSL is already on the ballot in eight states (says seven in this link, but the PSL just got on in Iowa today). Some states require a stand-in presidential candidate if someone does not meet the "Constitutional requirements", so Gloria La Riva, the PSL's 2008 presidential candidate will appear on the ballot in those states. Keep in mind that when we vote in US presidential elections, we are voting for a slate of Electoral College voters not an actual presidential candidate, so Constitutional eligibility should not matter for who is printed on the ballot.

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Anderson would have been a great Green Party nominee. Anderson/Sheehan would be a very good ticket for them.

Agreed, that would have been an excellent ticket, especially with Cindy Sheehan on it. Nothing against Jill Stein though.

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All is not lost. The Justice Party could still merge with the Greens or create a national opposition coalition with them and other parties.

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The Greens are in decline, while the Justice Party is on the rise.

I’m not so sure about that, the Justice Party has not been very effective at actually organizing state chapters and getting Rocky Anderson on the ballot.

If I was an advisor to Dennis Kucinich, I would tell him to seek reelection to Congress on the Justice ballot line, so he does not have the baggage of the Greens (Nader, McKinney, etc).

Dennis Kucinich is a creature of the Democratic Party machine and will not break with them. He also sided with the insurance industry by voting for their individual mandate, so I’d rather not have him in either the Green or Justice parties.