Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
The Dems hated Ralph Nader the same way the Reps hated Ross Perot. When you lose by a slim margin and the 3rd party candidate closest to your candidate gets enough votes to swing the election in the other direction, the issue is clear.

Ideology is good. Being in a position to affect change to bring about your ideology is better.

Elections are about winning. If you can't win, and as of today in 2014, the Green Party, CPUSA, and the Libertarian Party are not in a position to win statewide elections in Colorado. Not now. Not in the recent past. Not in the near future.

Be idealistic and live with the opposite of what you want OR choke down your idealism and try to win and get a part of what you want.
As usual, cstone comes to the thread bearing gifts of wisdom.