[statecom-discuss] Working with other political parties - open thread

[John Walsh]

That is premature to say the least.
What we have to do is figure out how to win a race at least at the
level of the State House OR at the level of the Congress.  (Olver and
Capuano are especially vulnerable, I believe.)  And we have what we
need in all those races where there is no Republican challenger and
hence no spoiler argument.
AND we need to mobilize the 10,000 registered Libertarians in MA.  And
raising only $10,000 for a gubernatorial campaign is a real blot on
the GRP.  If the GRP is to do anything it must develop an
infrastructure.
What do we need to do first?  Infrastructure, infrastructure,
infrastructure.  I do not think there is much feeling for that - but
otherwise we are amateurs.
Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.
Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.

On your premature question
I would recommend not behaving as Bernie Sanders did who gave up on an
independent party in VT to "caucus" (although there is another word
for it but I do not want to invoke bodily functions here.) with the
Dems.
In fact I think that as a governor Sanders could have got single-payer
for VT which would have started the ball rolling across the country,
but then he could not have continued at the Congressional Cocktail
parties.
jw

On 11/10/06, BillCunningham <etwee at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Maybe we should ask Eder, the fellow in Maine who served two terms as a Green State rep. Or how about our own elected officials on municipal bodies?
>
> Meanwhile, if we were to win one or a few seats in a State Legislature that is 85 percent Democrat, it is hard to see why the Dems would have to deal with us on a basis of partisan compromise.
>
> There are caucuses other than partisan ones in legislatures.
>
> Hopefully, before we get to that point, we will have better figured out who we really are politically. Or rather, until we do figure ourselves out better, we're not going to get much further anyway.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "Colby E. Peterson" <saphron at verizon.net>
> >Sent: Nov 9, 2006 9:06 AM
> >To: Discussion List for StateCom members <statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org>
> >Subject: [statecom-discuss] Working with other political parties - open        thread
> >
> >Topic of discussion:
> >
> >Let's say we win a seat in the state legislature at some point, which
> >is bound to happen.
> >
> >What are everyone's expectations for working with members of other
> >political parties? Be as general or specific as you'd like. I bring
> >this up because however unsavory we may find other political parties,
> >we will have to work with individual legislators in order to govern.
> >This may also mean compromise, which is getting some things and
> >sacrificing other things on all sides.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >- Colby
> >
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