Jill Stein/the Green Party hopes to get onto the ballot in 47 states. Counterpunch and Politico have very good articles about this. Here is Politico: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-campaign-election-hi...
Right now, we are potentially looking at Presidential debates consisting of Hillary, Trump, and Gary Johnson (Libertarian). Johnson is polling in the 10+% range. If he reaches 15%, he qualifies for the debate. So we could have Presidential Debates consisting of candidates who range from center-right to extreme right. Not very appetizing. We have a possible progressive debate attendee in Jill Stein of the Green Party. She is currently polling around 5%.
Like many others, I have been hanging on every statement made by Bernie and his campaign since the Primaries 'ended'. He has chosen his words carefully, using semantics which most of the time leave room for an interpretation other than "he will eventually concede and endorse".
I am a long time lurker at TOS since the Dean days. Favorite writers include FishOutofWater, Pluto, Meteor Blades, and Cassiodorus. Now I come here and go to Naked Capitalism. Hoping to stir up a little interest in Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for POTUS. In case you didn't know, Hillary has been going around saying good things about Bush I and Bush II....
of a friend. I am close friends with some of my former high school teachers (I met them in their first year teaching...they weren't much older then, and are far less older, now.) My old civics teacher has me included on an email list, and this came through, yesterday. I thought it was worth sharing, and the writer, "Ron", said yes, go for it.
Shocker! There's a rather good article on Jill Stein and the Greens in this issue of Rolling Stone. The owner endorsed Hillary, so that's why this article is surprising. Tessa Stuart presents Stein as "the feminist case against Hillary Clinton" and gives Jill space to present her platform (renewable fuels, $15 minimum wage, equal pay, LGTB rights, free tuition, medical care for all), which aligns perfectly with Bernie.
I had intended to write a piece about my impressions of this year's Primaries, some possible scenarios leading to various outcomes, and posit some questions as to why we have (or have not) seen certain moves by certain camps. I can still go there; but most of this has now been tsunami'd by the events of this past week, most notably the Nevada DemConv; furthermore the news that networks will no longer be hiring Exit Pollsters for the remaining Primaries.
It’s nice to see many people are giving the Democratic establishment the middle finger by declaring that they won't vote for Hillary in November if she gets the nomination. However, it's almost May, and six months is a long time from now. Will the Bernie or Bust movement be able to hold strong until then? If Hillary gets the nomination, it’ll be the beginning of the long walk.
If Bernie Sanders doesn't clinch it today, I will continue donating through the convention, but will shift most of my money downballot progressives & to the Green Party & Jill Stein. Inside/Outside strategies are not about putting all our eggs in one basket. I really do hope Bernie considers breaking as a new party. He has the name recognition & willing donors to do it.
