Third Party Mega Thread

[Comrade Funk]

I'm a bit frustrated with Rocky Anderson, since I think he could have done a lot more good teaming up with the Green Party, rather than splitting the leftist alternative vote with his useless Justice Party.

The Justice Party is also running congressional (both Senate and Congress), gubernatorial, and I think local legislature candidates in Utah as well, which could be interesting, though Torrin Nelson, my own Congressional district's Justice Party alternative to Jim Matheson/Mia Love, seems to just be a bog-standard Paulite with a sprinkling of other things (like being pro-environment and pro-tariff). I suppose the fact that he's a veteran that wants out of all current wars gives him enough credibility with Rocky Anderson though.

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

Anderson/Stein. Definitly not Sheehan.

[Third Party]

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.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

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.

The Justice Party would likely only make a deal with the Greens in states where one or the other is not on the ballot. The Greens are in decline, while the Justice Party is on the rise. 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).

[Third Party]

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.

[Dr. Cynic]

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.

To be fair though, the little news and headlines that are dedicated to third parties, it seems that Rocky and the Justice Party have grabbed them a lot easier than the Greens.

Also, on the first page, Sanchez, the guy the Reform Party ran in 2008 was Ted Weill. He had ballot access in Mississippi.

[Donerail]

http://www.lp.org/blogs/47-states-for-gov-gary-johnson-judge-jim-gray-3-to-go

Libertarians are at 48/51 and will be at 51/51 pending litigation.