[candidate-development] Who are the candidates who belong on our primary ...

[DvEngland at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/09/07 5:06:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mikeheichman at verizon.net writes:

a. If any candidate is running as a stand-in for Nader 
(Hawkins-definitely  and Kann-I'm not sure), then I do not BELIEVE (my 
interpretation) that  this qualifies them to be on our ballot unless they 
say publicly that they  are running for the GRP nomination (FOR 
THEMSELVES). If they say they are  "stand-ins for Draft Nader", this 
would disqualify them

b. It looks to me that Joe Schiner is  running as a "favorite sun" 
for Ohio, if he is only considering running in  Ohio and "considering" 
running in a couple of other states. For me, this  raises the issue of 
"who is really running for the GRP nomination". For  some of the 
candidates below, if it is not too late, I would like to ask  them if 
they are running a national campaign "to the best of their  ability". I 
do not want to exclude candidates who have less resources IF  they are 
running a national campaign to the best of their  ability.



If we were a bigger party, and anybody cared, this sort of exclusion would  
put us in court.  You don't keep people off the ballot because they don't  
follow your view of the issues or how a campaign should be run.  It is a  
time-honored tradition in American politics for a state to put forward a  favorite son 
when it doesn't know whom to support and wants to wait until the  convention.
 
Furthermore, to attempt to exclude anyone from the primary ballot by  
enforcing additional requirements -- other than being registered Green -- is  
inherently undemocratic and worthy of the totalitarian politics being practiced  in 
Russia.  Every registered Green who wants to run has a  right to be on the 
ballot, regardless of their motives.  It's up to  the campaigns to unveil a 
candidate's positions.  This party has got to  stop trying to be a filter and a 
gatekeeper and begin to facilitate and  encourage campaigns, not slow them down.
 
Dave England



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