FYI.
Mr. Habib,
I will get back with you sometime soon on your last posting.
My schedule is tight for now.
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> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:04:55 -0800
> Subject: "Nightline" Town Meeting on Third Parties
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> There's exactly one week to go to Election Day. If you have your heart
set
> on electing George W. Bush or Al Gore as the 43rd president, this is
> nail-biting time. The polls remain very close. Ted Koppel got a
first-hand
> peek at the dueling campaigns last week on the road with Gov. Bush and
Vice
> President Gore. Both campaigns are in full throttle, racing from state
to
> state, trying to convince as many of the swing voters to come over to
their
> side.
>
> Tonight, Ted travels to Minneapolis and takes a step back from the main
> horse race to ask a question: What role do third parties have in a system
> dominated by the Democrats and Republicans?
>
> Why originate the broadcast in Minnesota? Three reasons, really. It's
> home to one of the country's only two independent governors, Jesse
Ventura
> (see if you can name the other -- answer at the bottom). It's also a
state
> featuring an electorate that has demonstrated an independent streak. And
> finally, not coincidentally, our affiliate KSTP-TV invited us to hold a
> town meeting at the University of Minnesota on the subject of third
> parties.
>
> Ted Koppel will talk with Gov. Ventura and with Green Party presidential
> candidate Ralph Nader before a politically diverse audience. The first
30
> minutes of the 90-minute session will air on "Nightline," the remaining
> hour will be available on our Web site as streaming video
> (www.nightline.abcnews.com).
>
> Both Ventura and Nader have railed against mainstream politics, the
> exclusion of third parties from the debates and the dwindling voter
> turnout. Ventura believes there's a connection between voter
participation
> and the election of independent candidates. He says young people will be
> more engaged if the political system encourages more choices.
>
> Nader has been very public in his insistence that he should have been
> included in this year's debates, despite his not reaching 15 percent in
the
> polls, the threshold set by the Commission on Presidential Debates. He's
> doing well enough that the Gore campaign has recently become concerned he
> may siphon off enough votes to award the White House to Bush. But if
Nader
> were to be included in the debates, why not Pat Buchanan, Harry Browne,
> John Hagelin or Howard Phillips? All are on enough ballots around the
> country to mathematically be elected president. It's a thorny issue.
>
> This country has a long tradition of third-party presidential hopefuls --
> George Wallace in 1968, John Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992.
They
> have played the role of gadfly and sometimes, spoiler. But they are
rarely
> dull.
>
> Sit down with the extra Halloween candy and join us tonight.
>
> By the way, that other independent governor: Angus King of Maine.
>
> Oct. 31, 2000
>
> Richard Harris
> Senior Producer
> Minneapolis
>
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