Comments on: Is Bloomberg Eyeing A 2008 Third Party Race?

By: Joseph Oddo

Joseph Oddo — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:57:21 +0000

Bloomberg should run on these two conditions:
1. He pledges to adopt the National Election Reform Platform that will level the playing field for third party candidates (see http://www.independentamerica.org.

2. He supports 468 candidates for the House and Senate in 2008 to build the grassroots and momentum to actually win.

It does not matter who the other two nominees are, Mike would be the most credible and capable third party candidate in nearly one hundred years. See http://www.draftmichael.com for more.

By: CaseyL

CaseyL — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:45:05 +0000

We seriously need a viable third party candidate. Someone that is free from the overwhelming influence of big business.

You won’t get a viable third party until all campaigns are publically financed and there are caps on how much can be spent on a campaign. Because, until you get that, candidates will need big business contributions to raise the $200+ billion a Presidential campaign costs these days.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:43:07 +0000

It isn’t stretching the truth an iota to say that America is held hostage by the two party system. The best cure for this would be the adoption of Instant Runoff Voting. That way we could have an electorate who wasn’t afraid to vote 3rd party for fear their votes would be wasted. To me, that solution would be more in keeping with true democratic principles than our present system.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:33:16 +0000

Not to mention that the bipartisan debate commission has managed to keep out Ross Perot and Ralph Nader from those high profile events. More maintenance of the status quo.

We seriously need a viable third party candidate. Someone that is free from the overwhelming influence of big business.