My latest column for
Research magazine, "
The Third Choice," looks at Americans Elect. Excerpt:
Private-equity executive Peter Ackerman founded Americans Elect in
2010, having led a predecessor effort called Unity08. In mid-2011 the
group opened a website to start recruiting voters as delegates, and
since early 2012 delegates have been voting to draft potential
candidates. Among names the have risen high on the list are Ron Paul,
Jon Huntsman, Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg.
Besides draftees, some hopefuls actively seek the Americans Elect
nomination. One of these is former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer, who
recently abandoned a bid for the Republican nomination, and who is also
running for the nomination of the Reform Party, Ross Perot’s old
operation.
Another aspirant is Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff, who has been profiled at Research
magazine and sister publication AdvisorOne.com several times for his
contributions on fiscal policy, financial planning and other areas.
(Disclosure: having met Kotlikoff and seeing him as an innovative
thinker, I clicked my support for his nomination at the Americans Elect
website.)
Whole thing
here.
