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Laura Washington gives the Green Party an ego boost they don’t deserve:

Alexi Giannoulias is loath to admit it, but LeAlan Jones could become his gnarliest nightmare.

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Jones has no political or governmental record, paltry cash and scarce name recognition — plus a monstrous helping of chutzpah. He owns one unmistakable asset — he is African American. Jones may be a Green, but the color of the moment is black.

So far, the Green Party has gained little traction in the ‘hood. Most black voters view them as a bunch of Birkenstock-clad wonks who connect more with global warming than job creation.

Wow, that is a quite a nightmare he might be facing.

The problem is there is absolutely no evidence the Greens can reach out to groups beyond their own small group of activists.  They don’t appear to take raising money seriously and my bet is LeAlan will do far better with whites than with blacks, though not real good with either.  For someone to be a threat they have to actually demonstrate some sort of plan to achieve some recognition and then create support out of that.  So far the Greens have issued some nice press releases, but that’s not going to do it.