{news} FOR STATE MEETING- "WE WILL RUN RESOLUTION" proposal- seeking 5 co-sponsors

[Green Party-CT]

Phil Huckelberry
Co-Chair, GPUS
Delegate, Illinois


PROPOSAL:  WE WILL RUN RESOLUTION

PRESENTERS:  Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, 
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin

BACKGROUND

On April 23, 2006, the National Committee adopted Proposal 218,
 "Resolution 
To Pose Challenge To Two-Party System".  This resolution put GPUS
 squarely 
on record as "posing  an electoral challenge to the corporate-funded
 and 
controlled two-party system" and as resolving to "run electoral
 campaigns 
full out".

The political climate as we enter 2008 is different from the political 
climate in 2004.  GPUS is beginning to show hopeful signs on the 
fundraising front.  Numerous Green candidates posted strong showings in
 
2006 elections, demonstrating that the public is increasingly willing
 to 
listen to the Green message.  GPUS's electoral committees, which have
 had 
limited resources to work with recently, have nevertheless seen recent 
increases in activity.  Numerous Green congressional candidates have 
already declared, and Green ballot drives are already underway in
 numerous 
states.

At the 2003 Annual National Meeting, the GNC staked a clear position to
 run 
for President in 2004; but prior to the convention, official party 
statements were much more ambivalent.  These mixed messages became part
 of 
a larger fabric of Green inactivity that helped spur many Green
 activists 
into abandoning the party to support corporatist candidates.  GPUS's
 lack 
of backbone heading into the 2004 convention also had a sharply
 detrimental 
impact on ballot drives, as several states, confronted with the
 possibility 
that they were working tirelessly for ballot lines that weren't even
 going 
to be used, gave up hope early.  GPUS can not afford to make the same 
mistake in 2007 that it made in 2003.

This resolution, following largely from Proposal 218, will make the
 Green 
Party's intentions clear for 2008:  We will field a presidential ticket
 in 
2008 and will apply resources to the best of our ability to give our 
nominees the strongest support possible.

PROPOSAL

The Green National Committee hereby adopts the following resolution:

WHEREAS the GPUS National Committee has clearly stated, through passage
 of 
Proposal 218, a commitment to run "full out" campaigns, and

WHEREAS running "full out" requires gathering the greatest amount of 
resources such that a campaign can be as strong as possible, and

WHEREAS the reality of modern American politics is that the longer we
 wait 
to make our involvement clear, the more resources we will lose, and
WHEREAS past election cycles have demonstrated the absolute necessity
 of 
making it clear that we will hold a competitive nomination process 
culminating in our quadrennial presidential nominating convention lest
 we 
send mixed signals to Greens, prospective candidates, the media, and
 the 
public at large, and

WHEREAS prospective presidential candidates considering whether to run
 as a 
Green will look for clarity from the national party as to intentions
 for 
2008, and will be encouraged by a party with determination to run,

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that it is the firm intention of the Green 
National Committee that the Green Party will nominate a presidential
 ticket 
at its 2008 convention, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the firm intention of the Green
 National 
Committee to strengthen our eventual ticket by generating and applying 
resources as available to ensure, among other things, that we will
 maximize 
the number of ballot lines that our nominees will appear on, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Green National Committee hereby directs
 its 
officers and committees, when addressing the matter of the party's 
intentions in 2008, and to the extent appropriate given the context of
 any 
such public statements, that the Green Party is conducting a contested 
presidential nomination process and that we will be nominating a 
presidential ticket at our 2008 convention.

RESOURCES
As to be determined by the National Committee at a later time.

REFERENCES
GNC Proposal 218, http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=218
GPUS Press Release of July 21, 2003,
 http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03b.html
Contact:  Phil Huckelberry, phil.huckelberry at gmail.com

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    Tim McKee cell (860) 778-1304 or (860) 643-2282
   National Committee Member of the Green Party(Connecticut)





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