From Der Spiegel:
Never in its history has Germany’s Green Party led one of the country’s 16 states. Now, the party could come out on top in two state elections next year. Renate Künast’s apparent intention to run in Berlin increases the Greens’ chances in the capital.
Germany’s Green Party has had a number of highs in its three-decade history. The party has long had a sizable contingent in the national parliament in Berlin. It has won mayoral battles in significant German cities. And it was even the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s government, with then-Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer serving as the party’s public face for years.
But the Greens have never managed to win a state election outright, nor have they ever posted a state governor in Germany. That, though, looks like it may soon change.
Candidates supporting both at press conference
http://www.youtube.com/user/IndependentGreens?feature=mhum#p/u/88/tPp2B-D4l8w
http://www.youtube.com/user/IndependentGreens?feature=mhum#p/u/87/Uyt9gHGD5uU
Draft Bloomberg Committee Press Conference makes it sound like a draft Bloomberg effort.
I haven’t seen the candidates you mention say they want to draft Bloomberg to do anything whatsoever, whether it be run for president or run a party. Nor did I see them talking about combining the Green and Independence parties into one party. All I saw them do was talk about their own candidacies.
And as the video’s show the Press Conference introduced and highlighted many Green Party candidates running for office and their positive solutions in 2010
Paulie,
The press conference NEVER was about drafting Bloomberg to run for President.
It was about Drafting and or encouraging Bloomberg to join the effort in leading Independents, Independence and Green Parties together to form the nation’s Third Major Party…the Green Party…
Read the press release.
And note that tonight – two days after the election Bloomberg is leading a delegation at the Climate Change conference, and there after touring the subway and rail system.
With Bloomberg leading them, the Green Party can elect thousands of Americans to local, state, and federal office. It’s exactly what the nation needs.
Mayor Bloomberg Heads To China
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/11/04/mayor-bloomberg-heads-to-china/
It seems, as best I can tell, that most of the participants just wanted a chance to talk about their own campaigns, which is what they did. I did not see any of them saying they want Bloomberg for President, which is what the bulk of the release talks about.
But Joseph, aren’t all those organization you mention made up of the same people? That’s not a coalition, that’s a false front.
@ paulie. Not an accurate question. There were was a coalition of at least three other groups represented in the conference besides the Draft Bloomberg. Most participants realize the value of expanding the green party, joining forces with other useful organizations such as the Rail Now Coalition, Independent America and the IGVA.
Listened to the clip. Not one word about Bloomberg.
Did you tell these candidates that they would be represented as some kind of “Draft Bloomberg” committee?
Here’s Bob Kinsey Green Party Candidate for U.S. Senate by speaker phone at our Draft Bloomberg Committee Press Conference in The Bloomberg Room at the National Press Club.
Where: National Press Club: the Bloomberg Room
What: Committee to Draft Michael Bloomberg, America’s leading Independent to lead in forming America’s Third Major Party.
Who: Committee to Draft Michael Bloomberg, Independent Green, and Green Party candidates on the ballot in 2010.
How: Combine Independents, Independence and Green Parties to create America’s Third Major Party.
This Press Conference and forum features Green Party candidates on the ballot eager to join Michael Bloomberg and Independents to turn the Green Party into America’s Third Major Party. Many Green Party local, state, and federal candidates on the ballot will be introduced. They will discuss their campaigns and positive solutions in 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLt3coQQwjk&feature=mfu_in_order&playnext=1&videos=ExGv3FfZaj8
Thanks for post..