Wow! I agree with my friend Chuck Moulton here. He's right on target. Yeah, mathematical chance of winning is a good guage for debate inclusion.
--- In [email protected], "Chuck Moulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just because someone has ballot access is not enough of a > > criteria to include one in debates. > > > > Are you aware that over 200 people nationwide run for > > President every 4 years, officially filing with the FEC. > > Many of them have ballot status in 1 or two states. Should > > we have Presidential debates with 20 to 30 people? > > > > Surely, there's got to be more criteria than just ballot access. > > > > I'd say polling at least 5 to 10%. > > There is a simple criteria that works: include all candidate that have > a mathematical chance of winning. If a candidate is on state ballots > that could give him enough electoral votes to win, include him. There > have been minor party debates sponsored by the league of women voters, > C-SPAN, etc. for many years using that criteria, and they worked fine > (usually some crazy Socialist Workers Party candidate on 1 or 2 state > ballots rushes the stage, angry at being excluded). Ask Richard > Winger to be sure, but I highly doubt there have ever been more than > 6-7 candidates who meet that criteria in any given year. > > Being on the ballot for a state or local office should automatically > qualify a person for debates. Again, they have a mathematical chance > of winning. In my opinion, not including candidates in debates is an > in-kind donation to the included candidates. > > -Chuck Moulton > > P.S. Kinky Friedman seems to be in the libertarian quadrant. He's not > a perfect 100/100 libertarian, but few people are. It would be nice > to have several libertarians in debates like this to tag-team the > statists with libertarian rhetoric. > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
