David Shove makes a very good point. The Greens are expected to support "progressive" DFLers, but the road only seems to run in one direction. Four years ago the Greens endorsed R T and helped tip the balance in his favor. This year, the Greens should consider running a candidate for Mayor. That would run the risk of splitting the progressive vote three ways and allowing room for a wild card conservative (didn't Lisa McDonald raise money for Tim Penny's Independent campaign and ruin Roger Moe's chances of beating Tim Pawlenty?). A Green candidate for mayor would raise Green Party visibility and strengthen it city-wide. Or, the Greens could wait to endorse until after the DFL Mayoral Convention and endorse either the DFL nominee or (if there is no endorsement) the strongest and most progressive DFL candidate in exchange for DFL support for progressive Green City Council candidates like Natalie Johnson Lee, Dean Zimmermann and Cam Gordon. The Greens will have to seek DFL Ward endorsement. The Ward conventions happen before the City Convention. R T was unashamed about seeking Green Party endorsement last time, and he stated unequivocally that he remained a Democrat. Why can't Greens do the same? Maintaining the DFL's one-way street in 2005 might prove a fast road to disaster for all of us.
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