Yoshie wrote:
This is not true. The rank and file of the Greens are opposed to backing
the DP. A small minority has bureaucratically engineered a series of
moves
to frustrate the majority.
It's more complex than that. The division is not so much between
leaders and rank-and-file as between leaders and between
rank-and-filers. In each state party, both pro-DP and anti-DP kinds
existed at both levels, though some state parties leaned one way while
others leaned in the other way. A lot of rank-and-file Green Party
members in states like Ohio are essentially left Democrats when push
comes to shove. If rank-and-file Greens were solidly united against
the John Kerry campaign, the Green Party could have made a significant
(though still small) contribution to US politics. As it happened,
they weren't.
More fundamentally, the Green Party in many places has not become a
vehicle of social movements but has essentially remained an
electoralist outfit. There are exceptions, though. California is
one.
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Hadn't read this when I replied to Louis' comment. This conforms to what I
would expect. Camejo is a very attractive candidate who would have real mass
appeal if he had access.
