I feel the VP choice should compliment the Prez candidate. Be strong in different areas, appeal to different demographics, appeal to different geographical areas, and in the case of Cynthia, I feel the VP choice should represent the long time, activist Greens.

We should be about growing the Party, and now I have doubts as to whether either of our “top of the ballot” candidates will even be in the Green Party in 2009.

“Most of these people will gravitate to McKinney/Clemente when they find out about the Green Ticket. Remember – Mckinney has not been polled nationally yet – this will change in the next few weeks.”

nothing is going to change. the very few people who do find out about the green ticket will laugh and move on. I believe she will be fortunate to get 100k votes. She won’t reach this figure if Nader is on the Calif. ballot. A good measure of her support is that she has generated, over many months, only around $1000 in donations in her home state.

“.......if she gets on 43-45 ballots,........”

after reviewing ballot access news and factoring in the many “paper states” only state GP’s, a realistic figure is 26-28 ballots.

First of all – Nader didn’t want to run as a green. 2nd – her is not, nor has he ever been a Green party member, and is not interested in building a party. 3rd, Nader is old news, and most of the 3-6% he is seeing in the polls are people who are tired of the Democrats, and fed up with Congress’ inability to end the war in Iraq. Most of these people will gravitate to McKinney/Clemente when they find out about the Green Ticket. Remember – Mckinney has not been polled nationally yet – this will change in the next few weeks. Nader may get stuck under 400,000 votes this time around, but McKinney has a chance to exceed Nader’s 2000 numbers, and a slight chance to get 5%, especially if she gets on 43-45 ballots, and Obama continues revealing himself to be the social conservative that he seems to be showing us the past couple of weeks.

Also, when I heard about Rosa as VP, I initially had a ‘Who?’ moment, and was disappointed that McKinney couldn’t find someone of higher profile, or at least one of the other Green prez candidates. After learning a bit about Ms. Clemente, and meeting her tonight, I am impressed by her passion and dedication, and also with her connectedness in the Hip Hop world and other constituencies which do no overlap with Green party base. Picking Kat Swift or Jesse Johnson as VP would not expand the base the way that someone like Cynthia and Rosa can How better to combat Obama than with two women of color, one of which has strong roots in the Bronx PR community?

And this disasterous choice as ‘excellent’? Let’s talk in mid November! Pass the Kool Aide plz!

And progressives [including Nader and the Green Party USA] Circular Firing Sqaud[s]? Well it seems to be contageous, as in reformers, CP/AIP, Libs/ Boston Tea Party…....

Billy Mckinney, her father, please have a long talk with your daughter.

You should have more Green Party reporting.

Espcially during this weekends convention.

Thank You.

Just another ‘no name’ shot in the dark. [If you wink at a potential romantic partner in a crowded elevator when the lights go out ——only you will know what’s going on!’