Politics: Modern Whigs will make their move in 2009
Posted in Uncategorized with tags ballot access, modern whig party, Third Parties, whigs on August 24, 2008 by Billy Dennis
Editor’s note: I learned about the Modern Whig Party quite by accident. I recalled the name from dusty old high school history textbooks, mainly as the party that broke up and whose members, including Illinois’ own Abraham Lincoln, created the Republican Party.
I checked out their Website, fully expecting to find it to be yet another group that thought the Republicans weren’t conservative enough, or that the Democrats weren’t liberal enough, or perhaps a guy in his basement promoting conspiracy theories.
What I found was a group of people who didn’t hate the government, but who just wanted it to work better. Their ideas didn’t seem revolutionary, but founded in common sense and a respect for the law and individuals. And no conspiracy theories.
The group is just a few months old, and they have 10,000 members, chapters in 12 states and just recently issues a call for candidates to run in state and local elections in 2009.
I was intrigued enough to contact National Chairman Mike Lebowitz and ask him a few questions. Read more »
