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

[Joshua Katz]

I agree entirely.  The elected L has a harder job.  Besides the fact that
Rs and Ds vote as their party tells them, they aren't faced with the
difficult task of reconciling a radical philosophy to voting on specific
questions - not always an easy question.

Winning elections at the low level, by the way, builds organization.
People join successful groups - winning elections attracts volunteers.  The
town councilman isn't all that busy with his office, and can build a
network of support, so that when a run is made one level up, the candidate
has elected officials within each district to call on for door knocking -
people who are, presumably, well-known and liked.

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Norm Olsen <region1rep at donedad.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Joshua . . .
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> . . . for forwarding this link.  This article accurately combines two
> strategies promulgated by myself and Dr. Lieberman.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Norm
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> 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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> --
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> Norman T Olsen
>
> Regional Representative, Region 1
>
> Libertarian National Committee
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> 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102
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> Littleton, CO  80122-271-
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> 303-263-4995
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> *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
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> http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-reveal-major-flaw-in-3rd-party-election-strategies/
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> 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
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>
>
> Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
>
> Libertarian National Committee
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>
> Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut
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