Monday, May 14, 2012

Sensible Third Party Idea

Buddy Roemer, the Anti-Spoiler - Lawrence Lessig - National - The Atlantic

But on Friday, Buddy Roemer removed this risk from the reformer's equation. In a press release and email to his supporters, Roemer embraced an "Anti-Spoiler Principle." Though he says he's in this race to win, if he became the Americans Elect candidate, he has now committed to a crucial promise: if at the end of the race, Roemer writes, "I discover I have no realistic chance of winning, I will ask my
supporters to vote their conscience or for their second choice so the issue of spoiler can be dropped once and for all..."

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