Within a day this election will be over.
This blog offers you some lists, readings, and videos concerning the election with almost NO COMMENT from me other than to describe them. Please dip into whatever you find interesting.
I do have one comment, however, especially in light of (1) through (3) below. Wouldn’t it be great to have a substantive presidential debate? With at least these four national parties (ABC order): Democrats, Greens, Libertarians, and Republicans?
THE LIST
(1) Interview of Jill Stein in which journalist Tavis Smiley read an email from the Democratic National Committee supplying him with questions the DNC wanted Tavis to ask Jill. INTERVIEW
(2) In response to the above, the national Green Party created a list of questions to ask Kamala Harris, about massive military funding to Israel, fracking, minimum wage, continued funding of Trump’s border wall, and more. LINK
(3) Day One. The president has a lot of executive power, with or without Congress. This is a list of actions Jill Stein as President would take on Day One, including actions on the climate emergency, student debt, raising the minimum wage, Medicare for All, ranked choice voting, Cuba, nuclear disarmament, and creating a ceasefire by stopping the flow of weapons and funding to Israel. DAY ONE
(4) I received an email from Our Revolution, an organization founded as a continuation of Bernie Sanders’s derailed 2016 presidential campaign. It references a recent New York Times article, “As Harris Courts Republicans, the Left Grows Wary and Alienated.”
The email from Our Revolution goes on to say (link added),
In critical swing states, 1 in 10 respondents said that they do NOT plan to vote — or will vote 3rd party — instead of for VP Harris.
Bernie said he’s alarmed by the number of working class voters he’s talked to who aren’t sure what Harris will do to raise wages or improve health care. “They want to hear her be more aggressive in making it clear that she’s going to fight for the working class of this country,” Bernie told the NYT. “I don’t know how you win an election if you lose the working class.”
Suppose the Green Party solicits 467 voters nationwide to run for Federal Representative or Federal Senator in the upcoming midterm elections.
There will be 435 vacant House seats and 32 vacant Senator seats. The national election date is Nov 3, 2026 which is a little less that 1 year 4 months and 26 days from this weekend.
Previous votes to remove the president failed on party lines. Lets assume removing the president will likely take two or at the extreme three votes by the Senate to remove the president from office.
Where can the Green Party find 467 candidates in 8 states and 435 representative districts? We will recruit candidates from Harvard, all those fired.
How do we cover the cost of each candidate? We have to solicit campaign donations. Both incoming donations and outgoing campaign expenses must be controlled and audited with a Green Party Controller and Tr
How much money? I guess up to 1 million dollars for each candidate. Each candidate should have a life insurance policy.