New Group Aims for Bipartisan Presidential Candidate

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 4, 2007 at 12:42 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

A group called Unity08 believes America's major political parties are failing the country. Members are organizing to nominate a bipartisan presidential ticket in the nation's first online political co

Alan Ray (Guest Host): We've had the Bull Moose Party, the Whigs and the Reform Party. We still have the Green Party, the Constitution Party and the Natural Law Party.

Now we have Unity08 , which seems to be all parties and no party.

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Unity08 wants to hold the first virtual political convention online, the first virtual presidential primary online and choose as its candidates the major party losers.

Guests

Robert Bingham, San Diego Internet entrepreneur who is the new CEO of Unity08.
Doug Bailey, former Republican political consultant who is a founder and chairman of Unity08.