http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-53972 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:00:41 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-53972 It is not suprising to me that there is yet another split within the party. When I was considering a run on the Green ticket in 2002, I saw alot of fragility in the party. The central problem of the party is that no one is in charge. There has to be co-chairs so nobody has too much power. What happens every election cycle is everyone just does what they want and eventually someone will step up and put all the candidates names on a list. Even though we have had personal differences in the past, IMHO John Eder should have been the candiate for Governor this year. He is the only green in the histroy of the Maine party to have the elective credentials to be the candidate for governor. Instead the greens get...Carter, Lamarche, Carter, Lamarche. BTW i'm suprised that there isn't more talk of Pat's past drinking problems. The Greens really had a chance to do better. It is not suprising to me that there is yet another split within the party. When I was considering a run on the Green ticket in 2002, I saw alot of fragility in the party. The central problem of the party is that no one is in charge. There has to be co-chairs so nobody has too much power. What happens every election cycle is everyone just does what they want and eventually someone will step up and put all the candidates names on a list. Even though we have had personal differences in the past, IMHO John Eder should have been the candiate for Governor this year. He is the only green in the histroy of the Maine party to have the elective credentials to be the candidate for governor. Instead the greens get…Carter, Lamarche, Carter, Lamarche. BTW i’m suprised that there isn’t more talk of Pat’s past drinking problems. The Greens really had a chance to do better.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-4104 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:20:17 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-4104 The Greens in Portland also have six members holding legislatiive office - four out of nine on the Portland School Board, one in the Maine State House and one on the Portland Water Board. This is tied with Madison, WI for the most legislative seats for one city in the nation. Statewide, Maine Greens have 14 members holding elected office - Only CA (63), PA (32), MA (19) and WI (19) have more - not bad for a state with only about 1.3 million people. The Greens in Portland also have six members holding legislatiive office – four out of nine on the Portland School Board, one in the Maine State House and one on the Portland Water Board. This is tied with Madison, WI for the most legislative seats for one city in the nation. Statewide, Maine Greens have 14 members holding elected office – Only CA (63), PA (32), MA (19) and WI (19) have more – not bad for a state with only about 1.3 million people.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-3703 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:53:52 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-3703 The author of the article is just a pro-duopoly meanie. Probably a "liberal" Democrat. The author of the article is just a pro-duopoly meanie. Probably a “liberal” Democrat.

]]> http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-3684 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:21:33 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2006/03/30/maine-greens-in-trouble/#comment-3684 This story about the Green Party of Maine is trash. The Greens have a higher percentage of the registered voters as members, than any other nationally-organized minor party in any state, except for the Alaska Libertarians. Furthermore, the Green Party has just successfully complete an extraordinarily petition in Maine. Getting 2,000 registered Greens to sign a petition for a candidate to get on their own primary ballot is extremely difficult, but they just did it. The Green Party of Maine is the only third party that has ever managed to do this type of petition. The Reform Party and the Libertarian Party have each been a qualified party in Maine in the past, but they were never able to run any statewide nominees because their members couldn't get themselves on these parties' primary ballots! (president doesn't need a petition, so those two parties were able to run for president). This story about the Green Party of Maine is trash. The Greens have a higher percentage of the registered voters as members, than any other nationally-organized minor party in any state, except for the Alaska Libertarians. Furthermore, the Green Party has just successfully complete an extraordinarily petition in Maine. Getting 2,000 registered Greens to sign a petition for a candidate to get on their own primary ballot is extremely difficult, but they just did it. The Green Party of Maine is the only third party that has ever managed to do this type of petition. The Reform Party and the Libertarian Party have each been a qualified party in Maine in the past, but they were never able to run any statewide nominees because their members couldn’t get themselves on these parties’ primary ballots! (president doesn’t need a petition, so those two parties were able to run for president).

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