[Lnc-business] Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it Wrong

[Norm Olsen]

Thank you, Joshua . . .

 

. . . for forwarding this link.  This article accurately combines two strategies promulgated by myself and Dr. Lieberman.

 

As Dr. Lieberman, and others, have been promoting, we will not be successful if we continue to use most of our meager resources running candidates for the higher levels of government.  Our candidates will not be able to compete in any of the important aspects of winning elections against professional politicians; especially those who are funded by the special interest groups in addition to the major parties. We should be running our best candidates in election in which our candidates are on an equal level with the competition.  We should be encouraging candidates to seek out appointed offices and use the resulting resume and name recognition to advance to local municipal, and then, county level offices.

 

As I have been promoting, even at the municipal and county levels, electoral success cannot be achieved unless there exists a local organization capable of providing the necessary support to win an election.  Currently, at all levels, our candidates are basically on their own trying to defeat a well funded organization with hundreds of volunteers and donors. Experience in Colorado’s (relatively) recent electoral wins at the municipal level required a full effort by the entire state organization to pull off a victory.

 

I urge all of you to read this article carefully and consider its implications in preparation for our December meeting at which the 2015 budget will be considered. Continued use of the same “Five Ones” strategy that we have been using for 20+ years needs to be seriously reconsidered if we are to really make a difference.

 

Norm

 

PS> Very Important!  Having a local organization to support an elected Libertarian is even more important after the election than before.  In my state, Colorado, there 644 bills introduced in the latest 120 calendar day legislative session. Without organizational support, there is no way an elected official can deal with this level of work without a large support group.  The R’s and D’s don’t really have this problem, they just have to vote as their leadership tells them.  A Libertarian legislator will be needing the support of at least a dozen volunteers if s/he is to do a respectable job and possibly get re-elected.  STONG ORGANIZATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS ESSENTIAL TO ANY KIND OF ELECTORAL SUCCESS.  

 

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Norman T Olsen

Regional Representative, Region 1

Libertarian National Committee

7931 South Broadway, PMB 102

Littleton, CO  80122-271-

303-263-4995

 

From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Katz
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 1:01 PM
To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
Subject: [Lnc-business] Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it Wrong

 

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-reveal-major-flaw-in-3rd-party-election-strategies/

 

This mirrors some of what we've been trying to do in CT, but we need to do more of it and do a better job at it, for sure.




Joshua A. Katz

 

Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate

Libertarian National Committee


Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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