Ballot lines for sale?
Are the Republican and Independence party lines for sale?
July 21st, 2009
Archive for July, 2009
Ydanis Rodriguez for City Council!
The WFP joins Ydanis Rodriguez’s campaign to clean up City Hall
July 17th, 2009
WFP Endorses Ydanis Rodriguez for New York City Council
The Working Families Party has endorsed Ydanis Rodriguez for New York City Council District 10, which spans Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill.
July 17th, 2009
Murdoch’s Post Calls Progressive Third Party “Kingmaker” in Manhattan DA Race
Talk about third parties in most places and folks will either snicker or rail about Ralph Nader helping to elect Bush. Talk about the Working Families Party in New York, and you get “Kingmaker.” At least that’s what the New York Post, the mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch has to say.
The WFP is backing progressive champion [...]
July 16th, 2009
The Thompson Endorsement: Blog and Press Roundup
Nice round up of articles and blog posts about our endorsement of Bill Thompson for Mayor yesterday.
July 10th, 2009
It’s Thompson for Mayor!
The WFP is proud to endorse Comptroller Bill Thompson for New York City Mayor.
July 10th, 2009
Rating the Mayoral Candidates’ Answers – Survey Results
[In response to the WFP endorsement last night of Comptroller Bill Thompson for New York City Mayor, we are posting some of the feedback from the audience that night.]
Over 300 people attended the WFP Mayoral Forum held last Thursday, July 2nd. They came from unions, community organizations and WFP chapters from all five boroughs.
July 10th, 2009
Oregon: Fusion Voting is GO
The WFP is growing. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski will sign a bill legalizing fusion voting – the WFP’s “secret weapon.” Oregon progressives are hard at work building a WFP of their own.
July 9th, 2009
Best Blog Posts of the Mayoral Forum pt. 3
Roundup of select blog posts on the Mayoral Forum:
Living Liberally/OpenLeft
Excellent liveblogging coverage from a great team.
7:48 To the final question, from Dan Cantor, about convincing WFP Thompson could beat the Bloomberg behemoth, Thompson just had the first laugh-out-loud line of the night: ”I’ll quote someone who said, ‘Rich guys don’t always win.’”…which was Bloomberg’s [...]
July 6th, 2009
Mayoral Forum – Smashing Success pt. 2
Read part 1.
One of the nice things about our live webcast was the use of a twitter feed to capture conversation about the Forum. Dozens of people tweeted from within the venue as well as from home, while watching on their computer. Here’s an abridged collection of the tweets, arranged from first to last.
July 6th, 2009
Ydanis Rodriguez for City Council!
The WFP joins Ydanis Rodriguez’s campaign to clean up City Hall
July 17th, 2009
WFP Endorses Ydanis Rodriguez for New York City Council
The Working Families Party has endorsed Ydanis Rodriguez for New York City Council District 10, which spans Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill.
July 17th, 2009
Murdoch’s Post Calls Progressive Third Party “Kingmaker” in Manhattan DA Race
Talk about third parties in most places and folks will either snicker or rail about Ralph Nader helping to elect Bush. Talk about the Working Families Party in New York, and you get “Kingmaker.” At least that’s what the New York Post, the mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch has to say.
The WFP is backing progressive champion [...]
July 16th, 2009
The Thompson Endorsement: Blog and Press Roundup
Nice round up of articles and blog posts about our endorsement of Bill Thompson for Mayor yesterday.
July 10th, 2009
It’s Thompson for Mayor!
The WFP is proud to endorse Comptroller Bill Thompson for New York City Mayor.
July 10th, 2009
Rating the Mayoral Candidates’ Answers – Survey Results
[In response to the WFP endorsement last night of Comptroller Bill Thompson for New York City Mayor, we are posting some of the feedback from the audience that night.]
Over 300 people attended the WFP Mayoral Forum held last Thursday, July 2nd. They came from unions, community organizations and WFP chapters from all five boroughs.
July 10th, 2009
Oregon: Fusion Voting is GO
The WFP is growing. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski will sign a bill legalizing fusion voting – the WFP’s “secret weapon.” Oregon progressives are hard at work building a WFP of their own.
July 9th, 2009
Best Blog Posts of the Mayoral Forum pt. 3
Roundup of select blog posts on the Mayoral Forum:
Living Liberally/OpenLeft
Excellent liveblogging coverage from a great team.
7:48 To the final question, from Dan Cantor, about convincing WFP Thompson could beat the Bloomberg behemoth, Thompson just had the first laugh-out-loud line of the night: ”I’ll quote someone who said, ‘Rich guys don’t always win.’”…which was Bloomberg’s [...]
July 6th, 2009
Mayoral Forum – Smashing Success pt. 2
Read part 1.
One of the nice things about our live webcast was the use of a twitter feed to capture conversation about the Forum. Dozens of people tweeted from within the venue as well as from home, while watching on their computer. Here’s an abridged collection of the tweets, arranged from first to last.
July 6th, 2009
