On June 30, former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney addressed 350 people at a Georgia NAACP fundraising dinner. According to the AP report, she delivered a fiery speech criticizing Democrats in Congress for failing to stop U.S. involvement in Iraq, ignoring the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and failing to impeach President Bush. McKinney specifically criticized Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Black Caucus. McKinney is pondering whether or not to seek the Green Party presidential nomination in 2008.
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That would be big for the Green Party if they could actually get her as a presidential candidate. She is definitely popular amongst progressives/anti-imperialists all over the country. In addition, an African American presidential candidate could help in building the Green Party in the South.
NE is right on target.
See McKinney speaking about 2008 and her possible run.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2508693105235438933
For those who think one can only attempt change within the Democratic Party, she also stands as testemant as to what happens when you buck the Dem Party leadership. I’m a former Democrati myself who attempted to run for Democratic State Committee.
I do hope Cynthia McKinney runs as a Green and gets 5% of the popular vote that would then result in federal funding to build the party.
She has too much baggage. She will lose as many votes as she gains.
She would have no chance to get 5%. But she would get attention for the party in areas that have ignored the Green Party in the past. I would guess she could get 0.5%-1% depending on who the Democratic nominee is.
Her vote total would get a big boost if the Green Party gets ballot access in Georgia. But even with this I doubt she could do any better then 1%
Rule Number One in Politics: “Do not make any UNNECESSARY enemies!”
Down further: “The on going paradox, political allies whom you can not stand PERSONALLY!”
I agree that 5% would be hard to get. However, at this point, the GP mainly needs to recover from the 2004 election, where David Cobb only won around 120,000 votes and came in 6th place. Getting back to 4th or 3rd place (depending on whether Bloomberg runs) would be a good step forward for the GP.
I think she could get 5%, perhaps more. The top two candidates will have both supported the Iraq war, and neither will favor withdrawal (and even if they said they did, no one would believe them — they said that in 2006, remember?). McKinney will be the choice of those opposed to the war, which is a pretty substantial number.
At least amongst those of a socialistic orientation.
I have to agree with Michael… she has too much baggage to become a breakout candidate.