Comments on: 500 Days to Mid-Term Elections http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/ America's #1 Source for Green Party News & Views Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Schwab http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5503 Dave Schwab Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:43:25 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5503 The Green Party should make a point of contesting every US Senate race from here on out. Recruiting 35 candidates every 2 years is doable. We should also develop a unity platform, a Green New Deal, to introduce Americans to Green ideas and show them that we're ready to fix the economy and make it sustainable. http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/23/a-green-new-deal-for-america/ The Green Party should make a point of contesting every US Senate race from here on out. Recruiting 35 candidates every 2 years is doable.

We should also develop a unity platform, a Green New Deal, to introduce Americans to Green ideas and show them that we’re ready to fix the economy and make it sustainable.

http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/23/a-green-new-deal-for-america/

]]> By: Dennis Spisak http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5463 Dennis Spisak Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:02:51 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5463 If we are tired of trained politicians who are nothing more than lapdogs for lobbyists, then we need the everyday citizen to run as a green candidate in 2010! We must contest every race as possible. I drove our Green Party vehicle in an Independence Day Parade last night in a GOP town...and there were shouts of "Go Green" and 'Yea Green Party"...we have supporters out there....we must give them a chance to vote for us on November 9th, 2010! If we are tired of trained politicians who are nothing more than lapdogs for lobbyists, then we need the everyday citizen to run as a green candidate in 2010! We must contest every race as possible.

I drove our Green Party vehicle in an Independence Day Parade last night in a GOP town…and there were shouts of “Go Green” and ‘Yea Green Party”…we have supporters out there….we must give them a chance to vote for us on November 9th, 2010!

]]> By: Monte LeTourneau http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5457 Monte LeTourneau Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:04:27 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5457 Rep, State House, Fed House, SENATOR run, Green, run! and run green Rep, State House, Fed House,
SENATOR
run, Green, run!
and run green

]]> By: Monte LeTourneau http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5455 Monte LeTourneau Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:00:38 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5455 Missouri was just being used as an example of a lot of sigs gathered. After helping with WI and IA last year, i'd have to say wow! 10,000 is a lot, kudos Mo.! Who do ya know wants ta be a candidate? Know someone involved or interested in politics? Someone who is pleasant, aware, and comfortable projecting? Please let them know if you think they might get endorsement from local or state parties were they to want to run. Use it as the base of your join rap for intelligent well presented people, join so we can endorse and support your run. Even more important!! Know someone with good financial, filing, fund raising, publicizing, or other skills needed by campaigns? recruit them into the party, tell them how much need there is for them, find a candidate they can get excited about. Yourself, if you are not too busy supporting campaigns, RUN RUN RUN! Missouri was just being used as an example of a lot of sigs gathered. After helping with WI and IA last year, i’d have to say wow! 10,000 is a lot,
kudos Mo.!

Who do ya know wants ta be a candidate?

Know someone involved or interested in politics?
Someone who is pleasant, aware, and comfortable projecting?
Please let them know if you think they might get endorsement from local or state parties were they to want to run.
Use it as the base of your join rap for intelligent well presented people, join so we can endorse and support your run.

Even more important!!
Know someone with good financial, filing, fund raising, publicizing, or other skills needed by campaigns?
recruit them into the party,
tell them how much need there is for them,
find a candidate they can get excited about.

Yourself, if you are not too busy supporting campaigns,
RUN RUN RUN!

]]> By: Amy Kelly http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5449 Amy Kelly Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:41:12 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5449 The Green Party needs 435 candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. A Green Party candidate on the ballot for every race - local, state, federal The Green Party needs 435 candidates for U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.

A Green Party candidate on the ballot for every race – local, state, federal

]]> By: Ronald Hardy http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5444 Ronald Hardy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:08:11 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5444 Interesting point. It might be because there are "Greens on the ground" in Missouri but not so much in Kansas? I like to ask "What would Nader do?" Nader would get some people into Kansas ASAP and start building the infrastructure (recruiting volunteers, candidates, etc.) now for 2010. This is what the Green Party needs to do. Send some organizers into Kansas (Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Manhattan) and start getting the pieces into place. Interesting point. It might be because there are “Greens on the ground” in Missouri but not so much in Kansas?

I like to ask “What would Nader do?”

Nader would get some people into Kansas ASAP and start building the infrastructure (recruiting volunteers, candidates, etc.) now for 2010.

This is what the Green Party needs to do. Send some organizers into Kansas (Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Manhattan) and start getting the pieces into place.

]]> By: Richard Winger http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/06/26/500-days-to-mid-term-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-5442 Richard Winger Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:31:43 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1212#comment-5442 It's good for the national Green Party to focus on raising money for 2010 ballot access, but it's bizarre that the letter would use Missouri as an example for a potential 2010 drive. Missouri only has two statewide races up in 2010, and there will be Libertarian and Constitution Party nominees for both of them. So the likelihood that the Green Party would get 2% in Missouri in 2010 is low; never has the Missouri Green Party been able to get 2% for any statewide race. The time to try winning party status in Missouri is in a presidential year when there are always 6 or 7 statewide races up. In Missouri, if a party meets the vote test, it lasts for two elections, so there is no advantage to trying in a midterm year. Instead of talking about Missouri, the party should think about Kansas, where the vote test is only 1% and there are 7 statewide races up in 2010. The Green Party has never got on the ballot in Kansas but if it did it just once, it could probably stay on. It’s good for the national Green Party to focus on raising money for 2010 ballot access, but it’s bizarre that the letter would use Missouri as an example for a potential 2010 drive. Missouri only has two statewide races up in 2010, and there will be Libertarian and Constitution Party nominees for both of them. So the likelihood that the Green Party would get 2% in Missouri in 2010 is low; never has the Missouri Green Party been able to get 2% for any statewide race. The time to try winning party status in Missouri is in a presidential year when there are always 6 or 7 statewide races up. In Missouri, if a party meets the vote test, it lasts for two elections, so there is no advantage to trying in a midterm year. Instead of talking about Missouri, the party should think about Kansas, where the vote test is only 1% and there are 7 statewide races up in 2010. The Green Party has never got on the ballot in Kansas but if it did it just once, it could probably stay on.

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