If the Democratic Party doesn’t accept these best two candidates, the duo could nevertheless build a progressive machine that could still go out and collect 33% or more of the presidential vote. (Compared to Clinton or anyone that the Republican Party has put up so far, an early declared Richardson-tied-to-Kucinich ticket would shift the whole election in the directions Progressives need it to be.)
ALTERNATIVESAlright, existing alternative parties like the Greens already exist and they have platforms. (See http://www.gp.org/ or http://www.greenparty.org/index.php )
However, I ask Greens and other alternatives to now begin to consider putting up the absolute best opposition to business-as-usual Bush and Clinton this 2008 by giving out a shout that cannot be ignored by those Clinton-oriented politicians and voters.
In short, Clinton will be told that she cannot get elected if she and her side-kicks don’t bring the issues that Kucinich and Richardson resonate with.
These two candidates (and only a few others) are serious about supporting the Middle Class and building better bridges between elite and poor in America.
Moreover, these two leaders will BRING THE BOYS (AND GIRLS) HOME from wars where they don’t belong.
LET’S PREPARE NOW to get a GOOD PROGRESSIVE TICKET ON THE BALLOT IN 50 STATES as early as possible. MORE CANDIDATES NEEDEDIn the meantime, I am at this very second formally putting my name into the ring to run against Pat Roberts (Sen-R) as Senator for the State of Kansas in 2008.
Roberts has not stood up against the current run-away foreign policy leaving so many from Ft. Riley in Iraq, injured or dead. I have written him to ask that Bush-Cheney to back off of Iran and stop wasting U.S. tax dollars.
Roberts has refused to do so. He seems to want to continue the current status-quo forever. Moreover, he has not supported any impeachment nor sound budget in a decade or more.
Therefore, I am currently planning to run in both the Republican and Democratic Party primaries, but if that doesn’t pan out, I will run as a write-in.
I might also run simultaneously in Missouri, too.
I am primarily running to set an example—we concerned Americans need to set up some sort of mechanism to get long-term and short-term concerns brought to the attention of local media and national. WE need to be prepared to run and make our voices louder.
Don’t try to outspend your opponent. Just set an example and tell everyone you will run in each and every election forever—getting the word out: YOU are serious about certain issues.
What better way to get a good team of progressives together than to have dozens of good candidates getting their two-cents in the newspaper each day--rather than continue to accept the mediocre individuals we have been offered in recent decades .
Let’s run permanent campaigns. Don’t think just 2008!
Think about running and putting your two-cents in every single election and also get some constitutional amendments passed that will lead to fairer and more balance in congressional representation—like having proportional balloting systems introduced and allow recall rights for all states concerning president & vice president and congressmen.
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