Given the terrible R and D choices for governor, what about third party candidates?

[xiphias]

Besides Coakley and Baker, there are three other candidates on the ballot. What about them?

Let's start with the easy one. Lively and Saunders. This is easy. NONONONONONO DEAR GOD NO. They stand for almost everything I don't. Let me move on quickly.

McCormick and Post. Not terrible, a bit more fiscally conservative than I like, but I think they would be decent.

Falchuk and Jennings. I think I may vote for them. Honestly, they may be a bit too much toward the socialist end of things for a lot of you, but in the ways that I tend to like.

Either of the last two would be better than either Coakley or Baker. And that first one would be much, much worse.

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[bluepapercup]

This is the first election where I may actually vote for a third party, since there are some non-insane options and also I am disgusted enough with the D and R candidates that I want to make that known.

[ckd]

Yeah. If we had IRV I'd probably vote Falchuk then Coakley, but if we had IRV it'd probably be Grossman as the Dem nominee....