This week on The Open Door we discuss fresh developments in the American Solidarity Party’s 2020 presidential and vice-presidential campaign. How fares the Brian Carroll/Amar Patel ticket? Our welcome and returning guest is California’s Skylar Covich, a long-serving member of the ASP National Committee. Among the questions that we’ll ask him are the following. As always, please don’t hesitate to send us others.
1. You are a senior statesman, so to speak, in a new and growing political party. When and how did you come to be a member of the American Solidarity Party?
2. Could you compare the ASP’s presence on the ballot in 2016 with its presence today, in 2020?
3. What sort of organizational efforts has the party made in the last year or so?
4. Endorsements help! Who are some public figures that have spoken on the party’s behalf in recent months?
5. Is a guestimate in order? Nationwide, how many votes do you suppose that the Brian Carroll/Amar Patel ticket will win?
6. After November 3rd, and after the votes are counted, what projects will the ASP turn to?
7. Do you see productive coalition building in the year to come? What about Political Action Committees (PACS)?
8. Can we look forward to an uptick in ASP candidates for state and local offices?
9. How can the ASP contribute to intelligent political discourse?
10. You are both a scholar and activist. Can you tell us about the book you would like to write and a book that you would like us to read?