The Boston Media Consortium seems to have a change of heart after people spoke out against their attempt to censor Jill in the debate:

Jill Stein to appear in TV debate after being shut out

By Hillary Chabot, Boston Herald

Monday, September 13, 2010

Green Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein will participate in a high-profile TV debate after the Boston Media consortium – facing public outrage – reversed their decision to shut her out.

“I’m delighted, but I don’t for one minute think this is the last time I’ll face this,” said Stein, who was invited to the debate around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. “We don’t want to rest on our laurels here, we need to make sure the debates are open to all the candidates.”

Something unique is happening in Massachusetts. A dedicated group of supporters of Jill Stein, the Green-Rainbow Party candidate for governor, have started a movement to introduce clean, voter-based funding to the only candidate not taking corporate donations. They’re sending the message, $10 at a time, that it isn’t necessary to be entrenched in corporate interests to fund a political campaign. On these days of action, called “Democacy Days,” they’re asking for donations of $10 (…or more!) to drive this message home.

As Democracy Days’ Eli Beckerman just posted, if every one of the 75,000 citizens who voted for Stein in the 2002 gubernatorial race gave $10, she would not only have a substantial amount of money to get her message out there, but she’d also receive matching funds from the state. As the only candidate who has agreed to abide by Massachusetts clean election laws, this is the perfect opportunity to let lawmakers know that we will no longer support politicians who are beholden to corporations who threaten our economy, environment and the health of our communities.

Please join me on Tuesday, August 10th, for the third Democracy Day, and please spread the word far and wide so that we can get the message out there that democracy doesn’t have to go to the highest corporate bidder and that people themselves can still make a real difference in the political landscape.

Visit DemocracyDays to find out how you can make a difference on August tenth, and for help in spreading the word.

On February 26th, Suffolk University released their latest polling data [PDF] regarding the race for governor. This was the first poll to be conducted after Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein's announcement that she would be throwing her hat into the race for governor. Among the 500 voters they surveyed, 3% indicated that they would vote for Stein if the elections were held on the day they did their polling. The other candidates had higher figures, but no one breached the 50% mark.

Even more interesting, though, was the next question:

If it was apparent that your first choice could not win the election, which candidate (or party) would be your second choice? 

     Over the past several years, we’ve come to a place in our national political debate where a handful of issues have dominated the conversation over and over. Of these, there is one that most intrigues me: which party can lay true claim to upholding that most important of pillars of our culture: true American values. Republicans time and time again cry out about how they embody these values, how their brethren are that most patriotic of citizen, as American as apple pie, baseball, and the 4th of July. Democrats, for their part, barely ever enter the fray to claim that they hold American values dear, and instead spend most of their time attacking Republicans. I’d like to put forth that neither of these parties best represents the American values we hold so dear. Instead, I truly believe it is the Green Party that most closely matches the ideals and aspirations of the American people.