Ballot Access News reports:
A Rasmussen Poll released on November 19 shows that if the election for Governor of California were being held now, no candidate has a majority, assuming the Democratic nominee is Jerry Brown and that the Republican nominee is Meg Whitman. The results are: Brown 41%, Whitman 41%, other 3%, undecided 14%. See here for more details.
The Central Committees of Fresno, Madera, and Tulare Counties have endorsed Carlos Alvarez for the Peace and Freedom Party’s nomination for Governor of California. For more, visit www.alvarezforgovernor.com.
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Frances Villar for Mayor campaign will submit nearly twice as many petitions as required to appear on the ballot for November’s mayoral race. Although the New York Board of Elections requires 7,500 signatures of registered voters to appear on the ballot, Villar’s campaign is submitting over 14,000.
“In the middle of an economic crisis, it is obscene that a billionaire—the city’s richest man—would claim to represent New Yorkers,” Villar stated. “My campaign will reach out directly to poor and working people with a simple message: Billionaires, your time is up! Poor and working people come first.”
Villar will appear on the ballot on the Socialism and Liberation ticket. She will be the first woman of color ever to appear on the ballot for New York City.
It was interesting to see President Obama address Congress the other night. For years I have been able to see what will “fly” and what won’t by who sits in their seats, and who stands to applaud. What is curious to me though is that the Republican party was pretty much put into a coma during the mid-term elections, and apparently slipped into brain dead status during the Presidential election. They seem to be no better than toothless dogs right now and any dissentions, or objections they make equate to not much more than a post-mortem muscle spasm.
Isn’t it a great time for the leaders of the alternate parties to step up and be the new voice of opposition? It makes perfect sense to me that the time is right to challenge the 2 party system right now so that there is a real and viable opportunity for growth in 2010 and 2012. How come we are not seeing a larger presence of third party representation right now?
Dan Fleury
Santa Barbara, CA
Here’s an excerpt from an article posted by Stewart Alexander on IndyBay:
Stewart Alexander is making his announcement to run for governor at a time when California has a critical budget crisis that may balloon to a $41 billion deficit by 2010. Alexander says most of California’s financial woes have less to do with the national recession, “California has a leadership problem.”
Obama Costs Nader the Election
By Bob Maschi
Election results are in and they clearly indicate that Democrat Barack Obama has cost Peace and Freedom’s candidate, Ralph Nader, the presidency. Simple math proves that had Obama not run, and had all of his support gone to Nader, that Nader would have easily won the majority of Electoral College votes and, therefore, the presidency.
A similar electoral flaw occurred in the 2000 presidential election when Al Gore cost Ralph Nader the presidency.