On Unity08

Been watching the Unity08 effort, and I even signed up as a representative for a short while. I am not impressed because, when you look past the rhetoric, it boils down to more of the same. Not much thinking in regards to the structure of the system they want to change. Without that focus the entire effort is superficial.

David Broder explains –

In a few weeks, they will outline provisional rules for their own nomination process, determining how candidates will qualify and how the voting will be conducted. The goal is to pick either a political independent for president or to form a ticket with both a Democrat and a Republican. Feedback will be welcomed before the rules are made final, he said.

Then comes the hard part. Thirty-nine states allow a new party to petition its way onto the presidential ballot, without having a named candidate, but the deadlines and numbers of signers required vary widely. The first test will be whether Unity08 attracts enough volunteers and money to carry out that effort.

And then comes the challenge of recruiting a candidate or candidates for Unity08 to back.

-Shlok
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