FYI.

Mr. Habib,
I will get back with you sometime soon on your last posting.
My schedule is tight for now.

----- Original Message -----
>  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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