Hugh Giordano ran a pretty aggressive campaign for a state house seat last November. He got creamed and came in third behind a republican which is why some people, Ted Rall among them, think that the Green Party isn't going to work. I disagree with Ted. I think the Green Party can win but they need to get real about their tactics and their goals. (For example: Hugh probably shouldn't contest that house seat again. The winning dem got 61 percent in a three way race. She seems popular...he should probably go the Cheri Honkala route and go for a smaller seat but one that has influence like the Philly Sheriff. Does Philly have elected district attorneys or controllers?)
Anyway, I gave Hugh some tough love:
Anyway, I gave Hugh some tough love:
I should point out that one reason I created the Greater Good Coalition is that if we could find those 300000 donors who can give 10 bucks a month, or a thousand people from Hollywood who can give 300 bucks a month, then we can indirectly support Hugh Giordano's run for Attorney General.Your hearts are in the right place. But you're not professionals. You couldn't organize your way out of the front door. You're not adults. You don't even have the courage to ask the public to compete in an election. You need to raise a quarter of a million in order to contest a US house seat, 2 million to have a decent shot at any senate seat even before Citizens United. Apparently, you need to raise more than 30000 grand to even win a state rep's seat. You need to ask for those amounts on your site and make the point that very seldom does a candidate win by spending less than those amounts...
You need to put 70 percent of your money into the canvass (paid, so that they go out every day...) and only 30 percent into ads (try ads on liberal blogs (Atrios in Philly) and Facebook. Television and radio ads shouldn't go out until late in the race....
Hugh ran an excellent campaign, that young guy did the best of any 3rd party candidate I have seen (Besides Nader and Perot) and I mean that as a compliment. He may have not won, BUT, DARN....HE GOT 23 %! What Green or Independent did so well in Pennsylvania like that...He was only 24 or something like that.Most I ever see a 3rd party get in 2 %. He has a BRIGHT future and I hope he does run again. Smart, energetic, and full of passion. If he ran for Attorney General and had the cash....He would put up a remarkable campaign, I think one that would go down in history for a state wide 3rd party candidate. How do we get him to run for this? Do you think he would? Should he stay a Green or pick another party...and would he? Do you know him and could you talk to him?
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