Gary Johnson continues quest to get third party in debates - Karl Dickey, West Palm Beach Libertarian Examiner:
March 5, 2014 - "Gary Johnson's Our America Initiative campaign to litigate against the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) continues its success raising nearly $14,000 as of today to pay for the costs of litigation. Johnson's campaign goal is to raise $30,000 by March 15, 2014 before the time to litigate has expired. Johnson was the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential nominee who was purposefully excluded from the presidential debates. He met all the criteria to be included in the debates except the one that required him to show at least 15% results in at least 5 presidential polls - the only issue was his name was not included in those polls....
"42% of Americans identify themselves as political independents. Only 25% consider themselves Republicans, and 31% Democrats.... Yet, in 2012 and the past several presidential elections, when it came time for nationally televised presidential debates, only the Republican and Democrat candidates were on the stage....
"It’s not surprising because, despite its official-sounding name, the ... organization that controls the debates was created by the Republican and Democratic national committees -- for the mutually beneficial purpose of creating the impression that their candidates are the only real choices for President of the United States."
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/gary-johnson-continues-quest-to-get-third-party-debates
March 5, 2014 - "Gary Johnson's Our America Initiative campaign to litigate against the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) continues its success raising nearly $14,000 as of today to pay for the costs of litigation. Johnson's campaign goal is to raise $30,000 by March 15, 2014 before the time to litigate has expired. Johnson was the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential nominee who was purposefully excluded from the presidential debates. He met all the criteria to be included in the debates except the one that required him to show at least 15% results in at least 5 presidential polls - the only issue was his name was not included in those polls....
"42% of Americans identify themselves as political independents. Only 25% consider themselves Republicans, and 31% Democrats.... Yet, in 2012 and the past several presidential elections, when it came time for nationally televised presidential debates, only the Republican and Democrat candidates were on the stage....
"It’s not surprising because, despite its official-sounding name, the ... organization that controls the debates was created by the Republican and Democratic national committees -- for the mutually beneficial purpose of creating the impression that their candidates are the only real choices for President of the United States."
Read more: http://www.examiner.com/article/gary-johnson-continues-quest-to-get-third-party-debates
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