The Green Party organized a protest earlier today in front of the Hearts Tower in New York City, the former workplace of the newly appointed schools chancellor in the city. …
Posts published in November 2010
Green John Russell may be Appointed Deputy Mayor (CT)
By Ross Levin on November 30, 2010 10:22 PM
Originally posted on Green Party Watch:
In New London, Connecticut, local politics makes for strange bedfellows. In this case, it may result in Green Party City Councilor John Russell being appointed Deputy Mayor.…
The ‘face for the Statehood Greens’ vs. The Washington Post
By Ross Levin on November 30, 2010 10:17 PM
Washington Post blogger Mike DeBonis and DC Statehood Green Party activist David Schwartzman have gotten into a verbal tiff lately, started by Debonis’ assertion that “the Statehood Green Party has withered into near-oblivion.” …
Andrew Levine on the Huffington Post says ‘A New Nader’ is ‘Needed’
By Ross Levin on November 30, 2010 5:11 PM
From the Huffington Post:
That’s the main reason why I think Nader shouldn’t run again in 2012; it would only get liberals riled up, impeding the more important task of making the Obama presidency less dreadful.
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Recent news from Rhode Island’s Moderate Party
By Ross Levin on November 29, 2010 7:49 PM
Various news about the Rhode Island Moderate Party since the election:
Most recently, the party’s chairman Robert Corrente stepped down from that position so that Ken Block, who had resigned while he ran for governor, could take over.…
Poll: Bloomberg candidacy would aid Obama in 2012
By Gene Berkman on November 29, 2010 7:34 PM
The Hill.com reports:
If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) decided to wage an independent bid for president in 2012, he would end up aiding President Obama’s reelection prospects, according to a new poll out Monday. …
Wyoming Third Parties Show Growth, Discord
By on November 29, 2010 7:24 PM
Third party candidates often do well in areas where one major party is substantially weaker than its rival. One can list numerous examples of this phenomenom: Minneapolis, San Francisco, parts of Massachusetts, rural Nevada, and Rhode Island among others.…
Supreme Court to review Ariz. campaign finance law
By Gene Berkman on November 29, 2010 3:58 PM
The Associated Press reports:
Less than a year after removing most limits on election spending by corporations and organized labor, the Supreme Court is signaling trouble for another campaign law that aims to curtail the political power of big money.…
Alden Link Resigns MLP Membership In Protest
By Mike Theodore on November 28, 2010 4:27 PM
According to the blog of Dr. Tom Stevens:
On November 23, 2010, Alden Link, the Libertarian Party’s Candidate for Lt. Governor of New York State in 2010, resigned his membership in the Manhattan Libertarian Party in protest to the way it and the New York Libertarian Party has treated Libertarian Party of Queens County members Sam Sloan and Dr.
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