1. The Green Party isn’t the only party that isn’t encouraging ballot access and free flow of ideas from their national headquarters. According to the FEC, there’s probably at least eleven Green Party candidates who are trying to access the ballot for president.

   The Libertarian Party has disconnected the links to their national candidates.

   http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/libertarian-presidential-candidates

   This is very serious, because every day is crucial. Third parties and independents are too small, too slow, and they’re being decimated by plurality elections and single winner districts.

   Don’t forget how the Green Party got their name. It was the color of the Allies’ uniforms on Normandy Beach on June 6th, 1944.

2. The Libertarian Party did not purposefully disconnect the link to the list of presidential candidates. That is an unintended glitch.

3. It’s still there, they just added 2012 to the url

   http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/libertarian-2012-presidential-candidates

4. The page http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/libertarian-2012-presidential-candidates could be linked to the “Elections” tab on the lp.org index page by creating a link to it in the drop down sub-category with the words “2012 Presidential Candidates” on it.

5. They have that link to the old URL, it just needs to be updated.

6. Piece of cake. How long do you think that will it take?

7. OK, should be fixed soon.

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8. I wonder why there aren’t more Green candidates.

9. In terms of the (the number of primary candidates) Green Party, Well, their probably are not that many progressive folk in America who want to go down in political history as the Ralph Nader. Rightly or wrong, he is seen as a spoiler who help elect conservatives.

   In terms of the Libertarian Party, Well, their are right-wing Golden Boys and Girls who live to run on a Libertarian ticket, after their GOP career has essentially peaked. It was Bob Barr in 2008 and a former New Mexico Governor may enter the field this time around.

   Ron Paul already did this back in 1988 and he makes to much money as a Republican, so I doubt that he will run on the Libertarian ticket again.

10. Actually, ETJB, you are quite wrong in your assumption. The number of Greens running in 2012 is going to be quite high. In Maine alone, we have recruited 14 candidates to run and we have more than 3 months until the petitioning deadline. As a national strategy, the Green Party is focusing on running primarily smaller races in which we can build grassroots support instead of focusing on the corporate-driven national election.

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    I think this is either a mistake, or an indication that the party is faltering nationally.

12. Both major parties are very unpopular with the electorate.This should be a golden opportunity for minor parties-but it won’t be one because plurality elections almost always cast them in the spoiler role and voters are constantly exhorted not to “throw their votes away.”

    Logic (and experience throughout the democratic world) would suggest that Green, CP, and Libertarians should from a united front to get PR adopted for one house of the state legislature in one or more of the states that have shown an independent streak and have initiative and referendum. That sort of thing has the potential to be a good “grass roots” effort.

    Initiative and referendum is crucial because it provides a means to make an end run around the entrenched D and R pols who would naturally hostile to such a change. The campaign for PR would obviously have to be addressed to the broad population of independents and others who are dissatisfied with the performance of the legacy ruling parties.

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14. “Logic (and experience throughout the democratic world) would suggest that Green, CP, and Libertarians should from a united front…”

    Gee, what and original idea?
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