In order:
1) I don’t have a clue–for the time being, I’ve decided only to focus on local politics, and merely whine about national issues.
2) Yes, that is my impression.
3) A stolen election that falsely ruined our credibility by calling us “spoilers,” which subsequently drove a lot of good Greens insane, perhaps understandably but still very unfortunately. It seems to me that in 2000-2001 the country pretty much imploded and though this was just when a Green vision was most needed, it was also when the country went crazily far to the right, and now we’ve lost so much that even getting a not-horrible Democrat in power seems like a major victory. Maybe when we regain a little bit of sanity the mainstream left will begin to listen to the Greens again.

Happily, I am perfectly happy to do my little Green bits in my little town without the benefit of a larger movement. What was that that Margaret Mead said again? ;)

That picture reminds me of how disappointed I was in Cynthia McKinney’s vote total. What happened? Are the national greens just really that disorganized/ineffective? What happened to the days of 2000, when it seemed like the start of a movement?