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Americans Elect

Type: Organization

Name: Americans Elect

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.americanselect.org/

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795 articles

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Ralph Nader

'Fatally flawed': Why third parties still fail despite voter anger

WASHINGTON (CNN) -They had the money. They had the organization. They had the ballot access. What they were missing, however, was a candidate.Most Americans have probably never heard of Americans Elect. But as polls show dissatisfaction with both parties ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Americans Elect, John Avlon, Anger, Ralph Nader, Henry Ross Perot

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Justin Sullivan

Americans Elect fails to produce a candidate

(Credit: Justin Sullivan/) (CBS News) Americans Elect, a nonpartisan organization attempting to nominate a third-party presidential candidate, suspended its efforts on Thursday after failing to achieve its goal."The primary process for the Americans Elect ... [ Published May 17 2012 by CBS News ]

Entities: Americans Elect, Justin Sullivan, Buddy Roemer

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

MSNBC

A Class Act

Christopher Hayes , editor-at-large of The Nation and host of "Up With Chris Hayes" on MSNBC discusses the re-surfacing debt ceiling debate and why Americans Elect couldn’t find a candidate. Plus: Our May series continues on advice for people in their ... [ Published May 17 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Christopher Hayes, Americans Elect, Debt Ceiling, MSNBC

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Chris Hayes on Romney vs. Obama

Christopher Hayes , editor-at-large of The Nation and host of " Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC ," discusses the latest in politics, from the re-surfacing debt ceiling debate to the announcement that Americans Elect can't find a candidate. ... [ Published May 17 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Christopher Hayes, Americans Elect, Debt Ceiling

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Jamie Dimon

Frank Rich on the National Circus: Bully Romney and the Gay Vote

5-day The polls have not been too kind to Obama's gay-marriage announcement. Both and USA Today/Gallup show around 25 percent of voters saying theyre "less likely" to vote for him because of it. Is Obama going to regret that he did this now?No. I think ... [ Published May 16 2012 by New York Magazine ]

Entities: Frank Rich, Jamie Dimon, Gay, Mormon, Bill White

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Nobody for President

The founders of Americans Elect had a dream: A 50-state presidential campaign that would upend, smash, destroy the two-party system. Today, these founders admitted that it wouldn’t work. No presidential candidate had survived the first round of the online ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Slate Magazine - Dilettante, The ]

Entities: Americans Elect

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

Melissa Block

Group Backing Third-Party Candidates Struggles

The non-partisan group Americans Elect had hoped to start online voting already to pick a presidential candidate outside the two major parties. Instead, the group has been unable to get a single candidate to get over its 10,000 supporter threshold. Andrea ... [ Published May 15 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Andrea Seabrook, Melissa Block, Americans Elect

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Opinion: Bill Bradley's Blueprint is Right on the Money

There's something for everyone in Bill Bradley's new book We Can All Do Better , the former Senator's blueprint for a stronger, healthier, more united America.Centrists in both major parties will agree with the voice that is willing to reprimand the ... [ Published May 09 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Americans Elect, Howard Schultz, Musketeer, Reformism

First Reported Apr 19 2012 - Updated Apr 19 2012 - 1 Documents

A third way to choose a president

In 1982, we went to movie theaters, bought albums in record stores and did our research in the Encyclopedia Brittanica (which was sold to us by a door-to-door salesman). In households with kids, Saturday mornings from 8-11 were cartoon time -- the only ... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Americans Elect, iTunes, Votizen

First Reported Apr 17 2012 - Updated Apr 17 2012 - 2 Documents

Americans Elect . . . who, exactly?

Last July, a well-funded nonprofit group called Americans Elect announced it had found a new and more honorable path to the White House. It would bypass the primaries, the founders said, via the Internet.By empowering Web-izens, the group would skip early-state ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Washington Post ]

Entities: Americans Elect, Kahlil Byrd, Peter Ackerman

First Reported Feb 01 2012 - Updated Feb 02 2012 - 1 Documents

WATCH: Jon Stewart Takes On Romney's Bain Capital Credentials

Ahead of Mitt Romney's big victory in Florida Tuesday night, Jon Stewart took a moment to break down the GOP candidate's private sector credentials, specifically his time at Bain Capital, on "The Daily Show." Now, just because Bain Capital sounds ... [ Published Feb 01 2012 by TV Squad ]

Entities: Jon Stewart, Bain Capital LLC, Buyout, Americans Elect, Contact Lens

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"If a Rick Santorum or Herman Cain had gotten the nomination, you would have seen a stampede of potential candidates" to Americans Elect, Avlon said

'Fatally flawed': Why third parties still fail despite voter anger [Channel4000 - May 21 2012]

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'Fatally flawed': Why third parties still fail ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Americans Elect fails to produce a candidate [ Published May 17 2012 by CBS News ]
A Class Act [ Published May 17 2012 by WNYC ]
Chris Hayes on Romney vs. Obama [ Published May 17 2012 by WNYC ]
Frank Rich on the National Circus: Bully Romney... [ Published May 16 2012 by New York Magazine ]
Nobody for President [ Published May 16 2012 by Slate Magazine - Dilettante, The ]
Group Backing Third-Party Candidates Struggles [ Published May 15 2012 by WNYC ]
Cenk and Lawrence Lessig: Can a presidential ca... [ Published May 15 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Opinion: Bill Bradley's Blueprint is Right on t... [ Published May 09 2012 by WNYC ]
Book review: Independents Rising, by Jacqueline... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Examiner.com ]
A third way to choose a president [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Channel4000 ]
Americans Elect . . . who, exactly? [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Washington Post ]
Americans Elect searches for a way to ignite th... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Washington Post ]
Will Americans Elect be a spoiler for GOP? [ Published Mar 08 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
'Colbert Report' halted as host's mother is ill... [ Published Feb 17 2012 by Show Tracker ]
WATCH: Jon Stewart Takes On Romney's Bain Capit... [ Published Feb 01 2012 by TV Squad ]

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'Colbert Report' halted as host's mother is ill... [ Published Feb 17 2012 by Show Tracker ] Episodes of "The Colbert Report" were canceled this week, reportedly because of the serious illness of Colbert's 91-year-old mother, and fans have been showing their support for "a deeply decent guy." Several news outlets reported Friday on the illness ...
WATCH: Jon Stewart Takes On Romney's Bain Capit... [ Published Feb 01 2012 by TV Squad ] Ahead of Mitt Romney's big victory in Florida Tuesday night, Jon Stewart took a moment to break down the GOP candidate's private sector credentials, specifically his time at Bain Capital, on "The Daily Show." Now, just because Bain Capital sounds ...

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Cenk and Lawrence Lessig: Can a presidential ca... [ Published May 15 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Will Americans Elect be a spoiler for GOP? [ Published Mar 08 2012 by Current - YouTube ]