Comments on: Green Jeremy Cloward running for Congress in Special Election September 1st, CA-10

By: Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:32:36 +0000

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 .

By: Third Party Revolution

Third Party Revolution — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:52:47 +0000

Speaking of CA-10, wasn’t there an independent running?

By: Robert Milnes

Robert Milnes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:53:19 +0000

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.

By: Catholic Trotskyist

Catholic Trotskyist — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:37:19 +0000

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?

By: Donald R. Lake

Donald R. Lake — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:42:34 +0000

“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!

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:59:17 +0000

Even there, when I look at fiscal issues such as trade and immigration, I find myself closer to the Greens than the AIP.

By: Third Party Revolution

Third Party Revolution — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:54:59 +0000

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.

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:42:28 +0000

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.

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:41:32 +0000

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.

By: Robert Milnes

Robert Milnes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:39:31 +0000

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.

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:02:53 +0000

we had a full slate of Congressional candidates in NV. one of them won us ballot access

By: Third Party Revolution

Third Party Revolution — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:50:47 +0000

At least the Libertarians who live in that district can have the option of voting for the AIP’s nominee.

By: Dave Schwab

Dave Schwab — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:42:12 +0000

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.

By: Morgan Brykein

Morgan Brykein — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:04:10 +0000

I know there are a lot – I just never hear them announced on the LP website.

By: Catholic Trotskyist

Catholic Trotskyist — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:29:58 +0000

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.

By: Third Party Revolution

Third Party Revolution — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:47:39 +0000

Why not run then?

By: Morgan Brykein

Morgan Brykein — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:31:31 +0000

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.