[Iowa-dx] Fw: Green Politics and Third Party Exclusion from Debates

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TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

* Green Politics: Green Party Excluded From Mid-Term Debates *

We spend the hour on Green politics and how third party candidates are being
blocked from taking part in debates. We begin in New York, where the League
of Women Voters has withdrawn its sponsorship of three debates in New York
because Green Party candidates were excluded from participation. We=B9re
joined by Green Party Senate Candidate Howie Hawkins and League of Women
Voters analyst Betsey Swan.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D06/10/25/1422220


* Green Politics: Anti-War House Candidate Michael Berg on His Debate
Lock-Out in Delaware and How His Son=B9s Death in Iraq Led to His Candidacy =
*

We turn to Delaware and the race for the state=B9s one House seat. Three
challengers are vying to upset seven-term incumbent Republican Congressman,
Mike Castle. Democratic candidate Dennis Spivack is up against Karen
Hartley-Nagle, who is running as an Independent and Michael Berg, who is on
the Green Party ticket. Michael Berg is the father of Nicholas Berg, the
26-year-old American who was captured and beheaded in Iraq in May 2004.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D06/10/25/1422225


* Green Politics: Pennsylvania Greens Take GOP Donations in Ballot Drive *

We turn now to Pennsylvania where newly released campaign finance documents
have revealed the state=B9s Green Party has been receiving money from a most
unlikely source =AD prominent Republicans. We speak with the reporter who
helped break the story.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D06/10/25/1422233


* Green Politics: Anti-War Washington Senatorial Candidate Says Dems Tried
to Bribe Him Not to Run *

The Green Party nominee for Senate in Washington is Aaron Dixon. Last week,
Dixon was arrested at a local television station for entering the lobby and
demanding that he be included in a televised debates between his Democratic
and Republican opponents. Dixon talks about his arrest, and says Democratic
representatives tried to bribe him to drop out of the race.

Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=3D06/10/25/1422243