The following Examiner.com article by Mark Wachtler includes reactions to the SCOTUS health care reform law by (listed here alphabetically):
Constitution Party’s Virgil Goode
Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson
Socialist Party’s Stewart Alexander
Socialist Equality Party’s Jerry White
The complete article is available online at:
http://www.examiner.com/article/opposition-presidential-candidates-comment-on-obamacare-ruling
IPR readers aware of other Third Party candidate statements on this issue are welcome to post those (ideally with links) in the comments section below.
Seems OBomneycare is unpopular among all other parties.
As the article author, I had received emailed press releases from Gary Johnson and Stewart Alexander, which is what gave me the idea for the article. I wanted all their reactions, so I went to both the party’s and candidate’s websites, checking the main pages and the ‘news’ or ‘ ‘press release’ sections where only Jill Stein had a posted reaction. The other parties/candidates didn’t have anything. Johnson and White have the best PR machines. The rest could take a lesson from how those two make it easy for independent media like myself and Examiner and Whiteout Press to help them with some coverage.
Has Goode put up a statement yet? If not he is losing a huge opportunity. If he is trying to appeal to conservatives, he should know Obamacare is hugely unpopular among conservatives, and his silence is him losing a chance to garner more support.
The article really only includes reactions from Gary Johnson, Stewart Alexander, and Jill Stein. The other parties or their candidates didn’t provide a response in time.