From GreenChange.org:

Jill Stein is running for Governor of Massachusetts.  Green Change is proud to endorse her campaign. Her record of public service and passionate advocacy for healthy communities makes her an exceptional candidate for governor.

As Governor of Massachusetts, Jill will make extraordinary commitments to creating green jobs, pursuing real health care reform, saving public education, enacting fairer taxes, and cleaning up the environment.

In the likely four-way race, Jill Stein potentially could be elected governor with as little as 26% of the vote, which translates to roughly 800,000 votes. This is not beyond reach considering that she won 18% of the vote as a candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2006.

Jill Stein refuses to take lobbyist money, and vows to end the “pay-to-play” politics that dominates the Massachusetts state legislature. Her campaign is eligible for 1-to-1 public matching funds for every dollar raised over $125,000, meaning that as soon as she raises $250,000 from supporters, she’ll be able to mount a half-million-dollar campaign.   She plans to mobilize thousands of grassroots volunteers across the state to bring their message of a healthy Green future to the people of Massachusetts.

Help Jill earn public financing for her campaign by making a contribution at http://bit.ly/jillsteindonate.

Hey Green Mass Group,

I’ve heard a fair amount of talk about how Deval Patrick has been a big disappointment, and how he foreshadowed Obama by promising big change, then delivering more of the same.

My question is: what beef do progressive Bay Staters have with Deval Patrick? I’m writing about Jill Stein’s challenge to politics as usual, and some specifics about the incumbent’s failings would be useful.

Sadly, it’s not easy to do this kind of research on one’s own, since most media outlets like to sum up the progressive viewpoint with one-liners like “The far left has complained that the serious centrist governor is not far enough to the left.”

So what can you give me?

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