I've been noticing a growing concern in the Gore campaign about the Ralph Nader's Green Party. Now with the acceptance of preferred nation status for China, with the strong support of the Clinton/Gore administration, this concern has been heightened. Labor Unions have started to throw their support to the Greens.
The first problem the Greenies have is that they must qualify to be on the ballots of each state by getting sufficient signatures.
I suggest we help them by calling and offering our signatures and those of other gun owners!
Make no mistake the Greenies are no friends of ours, but they serve a useful purpose. To the degree that they succeed they siphon voters away from the Democrats ... all Democrats, and they force the Democrats to spend time and money shoring up their core constituency instead of reaching out for new voters.
They are a big "vote sink" where Democratic/Liberal votes are expended with no effect, at least no effect in determining the US president in the next term. They're a "protest vote". And dealing with this will force Gore to the left, where he belongs, and scuttle his attempts to appear more "moderate". A double whammy!
In California they siphon off a full 10% of the liberal vote! This makes California a possibility for a Republican win. If they are running Senate and House candidates in a state, the high profile of their presidential race can create enough interest to siphon liberal votes away here too.
I think we ought to make sure they appear on every ballot in every state!
[This message has been edited by rod (edited May 25, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by rod (edited May 25, 2000).]
The first problem the Greenies have is that they must qualify to be on the ballots of each state by getting sufficient signatures.
I suggest we help them by calling and offering our signatures and those of other gun owners!
Make no mistake the Greenies are no friends of ours, but they serve a useful purpose. To the degree that they succeed they siphon voters away from the Democrats ... all Democrats, and they force the Democrats to spend time and money shoring up their core constituency instead of reaching out for new voters.
They are a big "vote sink" where Democratic/Liberal votes are expended with no effect, at least no effect in determining the US president in the next term. They're a "protest vote". And dealing with this will force Gore to the left, where he belongs, and scuttle his attempts to appear more "moderate". A double whammy!
In California they siphon off a full 10% of the liberal vote! This makes California a possibility for a Republican win. If they are running Senate and House candidates in a state, the high profile of their presidential race can create enough interest to siphon liberal votes away here too.
I think we ought to make sure they appear on every ballot in every state!
[This message has been edited by rod (edited May 25, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by rod (edited May 25, 2000).]