IL: Green Party Watch Sees Spike in Coverage of Green Candidates

From Green Party Watch:

The Illinois Green Party has been getting a lot of attention after recent polls showed Green gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney at 9% and US Senate candidate LeAlan Jones at 14%. Here are some of the stories featuring Illinois Greens in the past week:
•Talking Points Memo: Green Party IL-SEN Candidate: I Could Win This Thing
•NBC Chicago: Why the Green Party’s Even More Annoying (and Effective) This Year
•The Southern: Whitney: Debates Should Be Inclusive
•Firedoglake: With 4 major candidates in the US Senate and Governor races in Illinois, is a Green victory within reach?
•LeAlan Jones’ campaign has a new facebook page, Friends of LeAlan M. Jones.

Below are emails sent to supporters by LeAlan Jones and Rich Whitney on 6/24 in which the candidates react to their growing momentum . . . 

Read the whole thing.