CA: KPFK Considers Future of California Green Party

From Uprising Radio, follow the link for the audio segment:

The Green Party of California held a meeting this weekend in San Jose to address various issues ahead of elections scheduled later this year. Delegates gathered as candidates hoped to capitalize on widespread voter disaffection to grow the party’s ranks. A Field Poll released in late January showed just sixteen percent of Californians approve of the job that the State Legislature is doing while only seven percent believe that Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will leave behind a government better off than the one he inherited. With the state in a continual budgetary crisis, it would seem the Green Party would be well poised to make its case to voters. However, the party faces two major challenges.