cnn poll: Would you like to see a non-partisan alternative candidate on the 2012 presidential ballot

[spanone]

i guess that means a 3rd party candidate?


Yes 70% 25520

No 30% 10743

http://www.cnn.com/

[PeaceNikki]

1. A "a non-partisan alternative candidate".. yeah, I would like a unicorn, also, too.

as if

[spanone]

4. rather odd isn't it?

partisan |ˈpärtəzən|
noun
1 a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
2 a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force, in particular one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in World War II.
adjective
prejudiced in favor of a particular cause : newspapers have become increasingly partisan.

[graywarrior]

6. LOL

[PETRUS]

2. If that bogus "American Elect" thing gets any traction with the public...

Well... it won't be helpful.

[YvonneCa]

17. Americans Elect, promoted by CNN...

...http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/politics/americans-elect/index.html

http://www.americanselect.org/?gclid=CN_T1fbBqK0CFQduhwodeUtAmQ

[PETRUS]

20. Wow, what a puff piece.

Not even a stab at investigative journalism, and just a brief nod to the downside near the end.

[YvonneCa]

23. And if you watch CNN...

...they seem to be positioning themselves in support. Not too RW, not to LW...just in the 'center', so to speak. JMHO.

[gkhouston]

3. It means Republican, without the label. n/t

[blm]

21. EXACTLY. Bush & TeaParty ruined their 'brand' and now 'they' want to pretend 'they' had nothing to

do with any of those policies.

GHWBush, Bill Clinton, and Joe Lieberman - betcha ALOT of their folks can be found supporting Americans Elect. That's why it was important for recent polls to push the ridiculous claim that Obama is a 'liberal' to a majority of Americans. It makes it easy to mislead casual viewers and casual voters into believing the center's interests are NOT being served.

Americans Elect is the fascist NWO Party.

[frazzled]

5. Do they mean someone who doesn't have a cause or believe in anything?

They might as well have said, "Would you like to see a blank-slate, disinterested candidate on the 2012 presidential ballot?" Non-partisan has no meaning or place in a political debate. It sort of equates to someone who doesn't care.

Anyone who has a cause or believes in something is a partisan of that cause or belief. Perhaps they meant to say "third party."

[PeaceNikki]

7. GET THE POLITICS OUT OF POLITICS!!!1!!!

Wait, wut?

[ThomWV]

8. No, what they mean is some one who has not been bought off, someone with a spine.

[frazzled]

12. That's not the definition of nonpartisan

Use your dictionary.

God, I don't know why I bother.

[FreakinDJ]

19. Now that would be change we could beleive in

[catabryna]

9. This is a joke, right?

Please tell me this is a joke...

[no_hypocrisy]

10. My non-partisan alternative candidate on the 1980 presidential ballot (John Anderson)

got us Reagan.

Yes, I'm apologizing.

[former9thward]

22. No need apologize because it did not happen.

Even if you assume all Anderson votes would have gone to Carter (extremely doubtful since Anderson had been a Republican) there were no states which would have switched to Carter.

[Zorra]

11. 99% win in stunning upset?

Occupy the Oval Office!

[WinkyDink]

13. NO. I want a hard-core FDR Democrat, TYVM.

[JoePhilly]

14. The search for someone to the right of Obama who can WIN continues.

The GOP has gone so far to the right that they have gone insane ... so some in the media are now trying to find some one to Obama's right who is not nuts.

That's what's going on.

[99th_Monkey]

15. OCCUPY The Vote!!! ~nt

[alarimer]

16. No. I want to see more Democratic partisanship.

I want to see actual progressive Democrats upholding progressive Democratic Party values and principles, instead of this bullshit "nonpartisan" nonsense.

I want MORE partisanship and standing up for what's right from our side, not some milquetoast "nonpartisan" bullshit which stands for nothing other than appeasing corporate interests.

[Scuba]

25. +1

[sufrommich]

18. It's an internet poll, totally irrelevent

to reality.

[spanone]

27. absolutely, what caught my eye was the wording of the question

[julian09]

24. We would still have partisan congressmen, that is where problem lies.

A president with no allies is rediculous. If we had the exact same congress and a third party president, would they vote any differently. If we also had at least a third of congress with independents as members; things could change. Independent president alone would change nothing.

[doc03]

26. Talk about gridlock they couldn't agree on what day it is n/t