On Jul 30, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2011, SA wrote:
>> The discussion of how to exit the DP has gotten me thinking about
>> the Working Families Party. I have a couple questions for anyone
>> who follows them closely.
>> QUESTION 1: Tell me if this impression is wrong. My impression is
>> that the WFP tends to focus much more on backing Dems in *general*
>> elections for *important* races (e.g., state legislature) and much
>> less on running its *own* candidates in *primaries* in *less
>> important* races (e.g., city council). Is that right? If that's
>> right, why?
> IIUC, the WFP doesn't run any candidates of its own. It it only
> gives endorsements and an extra line. That's how the fusion voting
> game works:
> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/elections/fusion-the-secret-
> weapon/
The WFP is an offshoot of the CPUSA. In furtherance of its popfrontism the WFP last fall gave its ballot line to Cuomo, a DLC (cut taxes on the plutocrats, cut social spending, give a green light to fracking) Dumbo whose election was ultra-certain (the Repugno being a stupid clown). They had no excuse--it was a question of getting enough Obamist votes to retain their official ballot status. If they had put forward their own candidate they would have been wiped out (in that election the Green candidate, an avowed socialist, got far more than the amount needed for his party to win that official ballot status).
Shane Mage
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