Re: Kucinich: "my intention is to establish a second party"

> I was a Nader voter in 2000 but I am backing Kucinich through the
> primaries simply because he is a Democrat in favor of fixing the
> problems with elections, supporting public funding of same and
> supporting IRV, which is our best hope of moving the Greens ahead in
> time to prevent environmental global catastrophes - if it is not
> already too late.  He is taking the right stands on the WTO and NAFTA.
> I will continue support of Greens and green independents at the local
> and state levels, and should Kucinich not win the primaries, that is
> the work I will return to.

Support the Greens by staying a registered Green Party voter.
 
> He is hated by DLC for being a progressive who stood against Clinton
> and most of the Dems for being too far to the left - everything I have
> read and researched indicates he is a moral, ethical man.  He oughta
> be a Green.  But he isn't.  He believes he can do more by staying
> within the Democrat party and trying to move progressive issues
> forward so that Greens and other parties can have a place at the
> table.  Right now, today, getting the US onto Kyoto and the other
> issues Dennis Kucinich is fighting for - against all odds, are enough
> for me to put Green Party pride aside to try to save something for my
> grandkids.

That is more reason not to register Democrat and vote for him. He made
his political career in the Democratic party but now is "hated" by
them. If Dennis Kucinich is hated by the last Democratic President
then I think there will be few, if any, Greens who will want to
register Democrat to vote for him.

> I can't figure out what we have to loose.  Register as a Dem - work
> your butts off for Kucinich through the primaries and do our durnest
> to get him nominated.  Whether he wins or looses, we can go back and
> reregister as Greens and get back to the work of our party and putting
> as many progressives into the Senate and Congress and in state and
> local positions as we can..

Why leave? Study the Green experience in Portland, Maine and see how
friendly the Democrats are.