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  •  Is what true? (1+ / 0-)

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    Bouwerie Boy

    Yes, cross-endorsements are common.  But, in general, to get the minor party line the candidate must pledge to that Party that he or she absolutely will run on their line even if he or she is not the major party candidate.  So the endorsements are common but so are those pledges -- and those pledges automatically violate the new dKos standard.

    If I recall correctly it was Andrew Cuomo's screw up (withdrawing from the race so as not to lose the primary) which wound up costing the Liberal Party it's ballot line in New York.

    John McCain, you are _not_ my friend.

    by LarryInNYC on Sat Aug 19, 2006 at 06:37:42 PM PDT

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    •  Hmmmm... (3+ / 0-)

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      Bouwerie Boy, Steve WFP, Blue Waters Run Deep

      What it sounds like to me is that the dKos standard your refer to may be inappropriate to NY given the common practice of cross-endorsements. If we are going to cut off both our Senators and most of our Conrgessmen, then it doesn't work for NY.

      Of course my opposition to Lieberman is not because of his running as an Ind. It;s the issues.

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      by mole333 on Sat Aug 19, 2006 at 06:42:53 PM PDT

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    •  that's usually only true for the governor's race (0+ / 0-)

      since the votes a party gets in the governor's race are what determines ballot status.

      And Cuomo withdrew as the Liberal Party candidate so he wouldn't take votes away from Carl McCall, the Democratic Party candidate.  Had he been running for a different office than governor, it wouldn't have had an impact on the Liberal Party ballot line.

      by Steve WFP on Sun Aug 20, 2006 at 10:37:05 AM PDT

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