Behalf Of Doug Henwood
>>Nader brought his own people in to run his 2000 campaign. They kept the GP
at arms length. Why? He considered the GP to be bumbling amateurs.
>And Nader himself is what? A political pro? What has he done since the
election to organize a real movement? Does he aspire to be the new Harold
Stassen?
That indeed is a major problem. Nader is not involved in GP politics at all, except to run for President. Neither is Medea Benjamin, for that matter.
In fact, Nader isn't even a Green (his dad, as the story goes, made him promise never to join a party).
No one is organizing any kind of serious GP national structure. As an example, some quite intelligent press releases get sent out at the national level, yet there's no follow up, no action plan for states, counties, local to organize on about that issue. So, the press releases just go into a void.