I think i'm not alone in asking "what the hell is wrong with you guys?"  In this state, the third parties are always putting up candidates for major elections.  Senator, Governor, etc., but in my county, they don't have a single local candidate running.  None of them do.  Not the Greens.  Not the Socialists.  Not even the Libertarians (they freak me out, btw).  Exactly what makes them think they can run in a big election and win?  Nobody really takes the third parties seriously.  And they're not fighting from an established power base like the Reps and Dems.

Remember the debate during the senate campaign?  First, the Greens had to sue to get third parties into the debate.  Then they were allowed to participate for a short portion before being shuffled off so that the real candidates could have a real debate.

Running on big tickets is an incredible waste of the little money they have.  Instead, they should concentrate on supporting local candidates.  Run people in as many townships as they can.  The funds required for a local election compared to a state election means they can prolly run several candidates for what they paid to back a sure loser on the state level.

Once they get their people in on the local level, work up to county level.  Keep working up from the bottom.  And eventually, they will have built up enough people who support them so that they're no longer the weirdo third party that can be shunted off to the side.  They become a viable alternative to the two-party system we've been taught to accept.

It's all about infiltration, man.  Get your operatives in everywhere and then next thing they know, you're running the government.  Revolutions don't work if you don't have the people behind you.