On August 29, the Connecticut Working Families Party held a meeting to hear from all the contenders from the Democratic Party for governor next year. See this story, which says that 158 WFP members attended.
The Connecticut Working Families Party has been on the ballot for some offices in Connecticut since 2002, but so far it hasn’t been on the ballot for any statewide race. But, the party expects to run a full slate for statewide office in 2010. It is free to either cross-endorse the Democratic nominees, or conceivably a Republican nominee (although that is unlikely) or to run its own members.
…or they could cross endorse Green candidates: http://www.ctgreens.org/2009candidates.shtml
The Working Families Party is an ersatz third party. It is to real alternative parties as mock apple pie is to real apple pie.
Yes, but in states in which the Working Families Party is a qualified party and in which it must nominate by primary, there is always the possibility for surprise.
But, in Connecticut, the Working Families Party nominates by convention.
I know the WFP is more of a pressure group than a party, but I still think that if there isn’t a progressive Democrat in place they should support the Green instead.
Why do they have to decide which Dem to support? They will support whoever gets the Dem nomination.