[Sosfbay-discuss] No great press out of Pennsylvania

[Tian Harter]

Erik Kiehle wrote:

>
> I think the statistics in past elections (especially the recall  
> election) show that the Democrats are their own worst enemy. But, I  
> think it is a relatively cheap tactic for the Republicans to pay for  
> a 3rd party candidate's filing just to stir things up. I'm actually  
> surprised we haven't seen more Republican's changing party  
> registration just so they can try to draw off Democrat voters. (This  
> strategy could also be used in reverse where there are Republican  
> majorities though maybe with Libertarian candidate or other parties).  
> I'm not sure if there are any statistics of numbers reflecting how  
> often Republicans vs Democrats vote for Green party candidates.
>
I browsed through the list of Partisan Candidates on the Secretary of 
State's website, and I was suprised to see that both Greens on the 
ballot (People with the word Green on the first line as part of their 
name, not on the second line as their Party designation) were 
Republicans. I hadn't thought of Green as a Republican name, but that's 
what I saw. It occurs to me that if those people live green values the 
Republican Party will be the better for thier efforts. If not, the 
status quo meanders on....

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
I went camping over the weekend. Looking at the stars, I 
got to thinking that reading words about them probably hits
the eye with way more light then they actually send us.