>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>In short, a politically sensible compromise between the Nader/Camejo
>>and Cobb/LaMarche factions within the Green Party would have been
>>Camejo's proposal for "free states," i.e., the Green Party at the
>>national convention endorsing both campaigns and leaving each state
>>Green Party free to choose the campaign that is best suited for
>>growing the Green Party in the state.
>
>What kind of national party runs 50 separate campaigns? Why not go
>down to the county level and run 3000 campaigns?
We are not talking about 50 separate campaigns. We are talking about two factions -- the Nader/Camejo and Cobb/LaMarche factions -- in the Green Party. The question now is which side will survive 2004 better than the other, which will determine what we can do with the Green Party in 2008.
As a practical matter in US politics, though, states have radically divergent requirements to gain and maintain ballot status, so each state party, to a certain extent, sinks or swims on its own anyhow. -- Yoshie
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