tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post9217472181790940230..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: Third Party Strategy and the Cult of the Executive, Part IId.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-90884817101680011282010-11-11T13:01:05.519-05:002010-11-11T13:01:05.519-05:00ps, I intend to be posting more often over at &quo...ps, I intend to be posting more often over at "anewkindofparty"...<br />http://anewkindofparty.blogspot.com/2010/11/toward-winner-doesnt-take-all-electoral.html<br />dlwDLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-19073741274812568822010-11-11T12:58:23.391-05:002010-11-11T12:58:23.391-05:00Scarcity both of funds and political capital manda...Scarcity both of funds and political capital mandates the need for more focus, Eris...<br /><br />It sucks to be a 3rd party candidate period and my point would be to get third party candidates for state representatives focus on pushing for the use of Strategic Election Reform, alongside the reasons why state legislatures matter and only suck so much because they hardly ever have competitive DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-59934341975337935392010-11-11T07:49:25.990-05:002010-11-11T07:49:25.990-05:00I second state congressional elections. Of course,...I second state congressional elections. Of course, we'll also need to demonstrate that they are in fact important elections, and not just the equivalent of "Water board" elections.TiradeFactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760660346802297769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-89392221540841118722010-11-10T20:19:40.841-05:002010-11-10T20:19:40.841-05:00DLW, I agree that the chances are much better for ...DLW, I agree that the chances are much better for state legislature vs. Congress. Independents were elected or reelected to legislatures in upwards of 10 states last week. And a number of Greens ran really strong campaigns for state legislature. But if the candidates are there, ready and willing, I think it can still be worthwhile to run for federal and statewide offices as well, but depends d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-76483138005367194412010-11-10T20:15:51.067-05:002010-11-10T20:15:51.067-05:00Sam, I hadn't read that piece but saw some dis...Sam, I hadn't read that piece but saw some discussion of it. Speaking of business acumen vs. political wisdom, the <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/11/15/101115ta_talk_mcgrath#ixzz14jK3pb8K" rel="nofollow">New Yorker article</a> that Yglesias mentions quotes Jesse Ventura saying he'd probably support Bloomberg if he ran, and then Ventura floats a proposition: if Bloomberg d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-72293171609576016162010-11-10T18:36:17.819-05:002010-11-10T18:36:17.819-05:00I think the focus needs to be on state representat...I think the focus needs to be on state representative elections, not US congressional elections...(with strategic voting in other elections).<br /><br />But no surprise there...<br />The hard part is getting folks excited about stuff that they've been lied to as not being important, when it really is important.DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279441985086959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-35543326426603106742010-11-10T17:06:28.667-05:002010-11-10T17:06:28.667-05:00Some speculation about Bloomberg is more predictab...Some speculation about Bloomberg is more predictably focused on his potential as a spoiler. <a href="http://nymag.com/news/politics/69130/" rel="nofollow">This article</a> runs through scenarios in which a Bloomberg run gives the election to either Obama or Palin, though the headline sounds the Palin alarm most loudly. The author also hints that Bloomberg might be willing to spend at least $Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com