Les Francis, Deputy Chief of Staff to Jimmy Carter, Boosts Unity08

Les Francis, who was Deputy Chief of Staff to President Jimmy Carter, has written this op-ed in the December 13 San Jose Mercury News. Francis writes that in 1980, he was so opposed to third party and independent candidates, he worked with the Democratic National Committee to keep independent John B. Anderson off the ballot. He says he has changed his mind and that a mainstream independent presidential candidate would be good for the country.


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