Martha Abbott, the chair of the Vermont Progressive Party, addresses considerations in running a candidate for governor in a recent blog post. Read the full thing here.
What will it take to keep a Progressive out of the race for Governor in 2010? That is a question that I am often asked. And, of course, I say it will take a candidate who will stand up and fight hard on the following issues:
- Enacting a Single Payer Health Insurance System
- Closing (or not extending the license of) Entergy Nuclear (formerly known as VT Yankee)
- Fixing the insolvency of Vermont’s Unemployment Insurance fund without doing it on the backs of the workers who are unemployed.
- Fixing the state employees retirement fund (where retired teachers currently receive an average of slightly more than $10,000 per year and retired state employees currently receive an average of slightly more than $14,000 per year) without gouging current and future retirees.
8 responses so far ↓
1 paulie // Nov 28, 2009 at 11:18 am
I would have said “run” rather than “candidate” in the headline.
2 Robert Sorbet // Nov 28, 2009 at 1:17 pm
There is nothing progressive about this lady. Obviously this lady is in love with the idea of spending, and more spending, taxing, and more taxing and borrowing , and more borrowingf of other peoples money.
3 Eric Sundwall // Nov 28, 2009 at 1:40 pm
If I were a member of that party, I would protest the fact that a willingness not to run the top candidate for office was in contravention to our purpose. Just toss it in and be a perpetual part of the puralistic fight for office space to influence peddle in Montpelior.
4 Ross Levin // Nov 28, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I think they’re more strategic than that.
5 tiradefaction // Nov 28, 2009 at 11:35 pm
I think Anthony Polina is running again? While an independent, I hear he’s VPP in all but name only.
It’d be cool if the VPP could push forward Single Payer healthcare. I may move to Vermont then…
6 Mike Indiana // Nov 29, 2009 at 3:12 am
tiradefaction ,
Pollina is VPP but turned independent in 2008 for strategic reasons.
Anthony Pollina is a founding member of the progressive party in Vermont as well as the head of the party for a couple of years.
In 2008 he started his campaign for governor as a progressive party candidate, but switched to Independent for strategic reasons.
Previously Pollinia ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2002 (25%) and Governor in 2000 (9.5%) as a progressive.
In 2008 his Progressive turned independent campaign finished second with 21.8% of the vote
7 Don Lake, ....... // Nov 29, 2009 at 3:35 am
And, as I had ‘phoned in’ to Montpelier time and time again, had he run for Lieutenant Governor again he might have won ………
8 Ross Levin // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:36 am
He’s considering running as a Democrat this time. Pollina, that is. He’d probably try to get the Dems’ and the Progs’ support.
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