LOOKING FOR LIBERAL LEADERSHIP
On this page we discuss what the Liberal Party might do to regain automatic ballot status during the election for Governor in 2010.
But there are other important strategies involved, none more important than rebuilding the Liberal Party itself.
This is a major step in that rebuilding effort.
We are looking for an active leadership group of people in every city and community throughout New York State to become the vanguard of Liberal Party leadership now and in the years immediately ahead. This is a call for that leadership.
Whether we nominate a candidate selected by either the Democrats or Republicans or whether we nominate our own candidate (which we did very successfully last in 1998 when the then Betsy McCaughey Ross not only secured 80,000 votes on our line but also helped Chuck Schumer defeat Al D'Amato for the US Senate by speaking for choice against D'Amato's anti-choice position), we will need active groups of young and not-so-young Liberal Party leaders making calls, gaining petition signatures, meeting for strategy sessions and talking to media about policies and positions that support the liberal view of justice and an open playing field of opportunity for all.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
If you want to get actively involved and become a leader in a new Liberal Party, here's what you need to do:
E-mail me directly and tell me your name, address, telephone number, what you do in life - business, corporate, academic, student - and why you are a liberal and what that means to you - briefly and to the point…almost as if we are meeting for the first time and you've got just a few seconds to "identify" yourself.
And then I'll contact you and we can begin a direct relationship as we work towards meetings and I introduce you to other leadership people around the State.
If you think that the election of a new President who seems very liberally inclined (despite a present failure to communicate specifics about a number of issues), and is facing a wall of deeply conservative, fiercely vocal opposition; and the absolutely horrific activities in the NY Senate as the entire Assembly sits mutely in acceptance of this sickening behavior, deserves liberal voices to right the wrongs we are seeing every day, then it is time for your direct involvement.
And we believe the Liberal Party is the place for that involvement.
If you think so too, I look forward to hearing from you.
Martin I. Hassner,
Executive Director
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