Reform Party Coup D'etat May Cost Nader

Apparently without the blessing of other party officials the Reform party's treasurer told federal election officials that the party should be terminated because it only has $18.18 in the bank. The Associated Press reports:

William D. Chapman said in a telephone interview Tuesday that he sent the Federal Election Commission a "request for termination based on guidelines the FEC had established for the Reform Party."

According to the Associated Press Reform party leaders suspended Chapman as treasurer;

Reform Party Chairman Shawn O'Hara accused Chapman of leading a "minor coup."

"I love him and he's my friend, but he did wrong," O'Hara said in a telephone interview. While the national party's bank account was small, "we are in the process of rebuilding and raising money," O'Hara said.

The Reform party endorsed Nader providing Nader with ballot access in seven states including Florida. Nader is finding it very difficult to get on the ballot anywhere. Nader abandoned Arizona, he is suing to get on the ballot in Texas, his petition signatures are being challenged in Pennsylvania, and he frequently accuses the Democrats of dirty tricks to deny him ballot access.

If this move to "terminate" the Reform partv succeeds, Nader may not be on the ballot anywhere.

Comments

[Marc]

Wonder if the "1818" figure has any symbolic importance:

Born: 04/29/1818 Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-81).
Born: 05/05/1818 Karl Marx, philospher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital).
Died : 05/10/1818 Paul Revere, US patriot, dies.

Special: 12/25/1818 "Silent Night," by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr sung for 1st time.
Special: 11/21/1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine.

Hmmmm... the Silent Night reference may hold some importence if Nader is silenced by this move.