Linked from the front page of GP.org:
“Hello, my name is Jeremy Cloward and I am running for the 10th Congressional District seat of California. I am running because the issues that are important to all of us, healthcare, education, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, need to be addressed by people and a party that are actually willing to address them. The Green Party of the United States, my staff, and myself are willing to do it, however, it will take all of our efforts to bring into existence the society that
we envision — I hope you will join us.”
17 responses so far ↓
1 Morgan Brykein // Aug 10, 2009 at 5:31 pm
How come I never hear of Libertarians who are running for Congress? It sounds like the GP has it’s shit together a lot better than the LP.
2 Third Party Revolution // Aug 10, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Why not run then?
3 Catholic Trotskyist // Aug 10, 2009 at 6:29 pm
There are usually lots of Libertarian candidates running for congress. They just didn’t have it together for this election. Some libertarians in that district may be fighting out the Republican primary or may have switched to the American Independent Party, which surprisingly got itself together for this election.
The Green candidate will lose anyway. He may do better if Joan Buchanan wins the Democratic primary, but not much.
4 Morgan Brykein // Aug 10, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I know there are a lot – I just never hear them announced on the LP website.
5 Dave Schwab // Aug 11, 2009 at 5:42 am
This seems like a good district to run Green in, since the Democrat has won with 65.2% to 75.6% in the last four cycles. The Republicans barely have the votes to win even a close 3-way race.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_10th_congressional_district#2006
I hope that current dissatisfaction with the establishment parties in CA, caused by the budget crisis, will result in strong showings for the Green, AIP, and P&F candidates and give a little boost to the idea of proportional representation.
6 Third Party Revolution // Aug 11, 2009 at 10:50 am
At least the Libertarians who live in that district can have the option of voting for the AIP’s nominee.
7 libertariangirl // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:02 am
we had a full slate of Congressional candidates in NV. one of them won us ballot access
8 Robert Milnes // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:39 am
Jeremy, declare your support for the Progressive Libertarian Alliance Strategy. Publicize that you seek ALL the progressive & libertarian vote. You have no Libertarian competitor on the ballot, correct? You want & need that vote to win.
9 paulie // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:41 am
At least the Libertarians who live in that district can have the option of voting for the AIP’s nominee.
Why AIP? If anything, I would be more likely to support a Green.
10 paulie // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:42 am
How come I never hear of Libertarians who are running for Congress?
Dunno. There are more Libertarians who run for Congress than Greens, and IPR has covered many; see the archives.
11 Third Party Revolution // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:54 am
Well if you are interested on social issues, I guess that the Green or PF candidate is good for you. But at a time like this, I would consider looking at fiscal issues, and a member of AIP is most equivalent to that of a libertarian.
12 paulie // Aug 11, 2009 at 11:59 am
Even there, when I look at fiscal issues such as trade and immigration, I find myself closer to the Greens than the AIP.
13 Donald R. Lake // Aug 11, 2009 at 2:42 pm
“Third Party Revolution // Aug 11, 2009 at 10:50 am
At least the Libertarians who live in that district can have the option of voting for the AIP’s nominee……”
Duh, and GP! What is your problem TPR and why are you always kicking up dust —- unnecessarily!
What is it that stops you from declaring that it is the Dems and GOP whom are the heavy hitting cultural beasts in the 21st Century and that what ever differences and deficiencies with other alternative parties, it is the Establishment Duopoly that has brought the nation of my birth to this sorry state!
14 Catholic Trotskyist // Aug 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Paulie, that is a good point. Libertarians might split about equally between the AIP and left-wing candidates. But in that district, libertarians tend to be more right-wing.
Robert, the Progressive Alliance strategy has a problem in this election because the Peace and Freedom Party has a candidate, splitting the left-wing vote. If the Greens and PF can’t even merge, how can you expect the Libertarians to get with the program?
15 Robert Milnes // Aug 12, 2009 at 12:53 pm
C.T., yes, the P & F Party & other leftist parties are a complication. Just as rightist parties are. By keeping it ONLY GP & LP, the Strategy can work. The others will fail to gather support & traction & become irrelevent.
16 Third Party Revolution // Aug 12, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Speaking of CA-10, wasn’t there an independent running?
17 Ken Roberts // Aug 31, 2009 at 5:32 pm
If the green party is for raising my electric bill to heights not seen before I am not for them , I am for clean rivers and streams and clean air but my goodness do we just throw all economic issues out with the bad things ? Never heard of the green party ? What we need is to keep our economy going and drill for all the natural gas and oil we can get and stop buying it over seas . and while we are doing that advance the technology to replace those as an energy source, energy has to affordable for a economy to grow or else we will be living under bridges and eating road kill to maintain . nothing that we have will replace the energy provided by petroleum products but in the future we may hit on something that would be great . saving the small fish and letting plants die that are crucial to the people to maintain life is not a smart thing to do .
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