Poli-Tea: Alabama Congressman Calls for Formation of Independent Party

"For the hundreds of thousands of Alabamians who believe our state is capable of fundamentally changing the way we govern ourselves and the way we educate our children, and who desire a politics that is not anchored to special interest groups, there is a powerful case for an independent movement in time for the 2014 elections.This movement, which would recruit and sustain candidates in targeted statewide and legislative races, has the potential to advance Alabama in ways that are impossible under the constraints of partisan politics."

~ http://politeaparty.blogspot.com/2010/12/alabama-congressman-calls-for-formation.html

A political party confined to a single state has much greater chances for success than a new party with national aspirations.  There are already long-standing single-state minor parties in other states, such as the New York Independence Party, the New York Conservative Party, the Minnesota Independence Party and the West Virginia Mountain Party.  And history has shown that a serious Independent presidential candidate has pursued and won the endorsement of single-state parties, such as Ralph Nader in election year 2004.