To outsiders, it might seem like mission impossible. But tell that to the two dozen Green Party supporters who gathered at the party's Pico Boulevard storefront headquarters Tuesday night to raise money and plot the strategy for U.S. Senate candidate Medea Susan Benjamin. Having her do that is a measure of the growth of the Green Party. Just having Medea is really a good sign that we are growing and succeeding. A globetrotting nutritionist, economist and human rights advocate, Benjamin will go head to head in November with a wealthy and powerful incumbent, Dianne Feinstein, and her Republican opponent Tom Campbell.
Life is more than fancy cars and fancy houses.
Their values are different than that. Yes, we need jobs, but we want to be treated with dignity. We as Greens believe everybody should be treated with dignity. Do you put the dollar at the top, or human dignity and environmental issues. But reminiscing from a Senate seat will be difficult, if not impossible for any green Party candidate.