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Chris Wright      Response 11

Question 11: What are the top challenges facing your campaign in the coming weeks?

First, reaching rural communities with my campaign is difficult, so
I'm hitting the road. I intend to make appearances in the North
Country. Next, I'm taking the campaign to St. Cloud, Alexandria,
Wilmar and places in west central Minnesota. And finally, I'll be
visiting Mankato, Albert Lea, Rochester and areas to the south of the
Twin Cities.

I'm holding fundraisers every weekend in order to put ads on radio, TV
and in local newspapers.

People often say, "I'm voting for someone who has a chance to win." In
some way this makes this class of voter feel like a winner. However, I
intend to educate our voters that they have a bigger chance of losing
by voting for a possible winner, especially if they're the lesser of
evils. I've said for years that you can't change the status quo by
voting for the status quo because there's no incentive for them to
change. Ask yourself the question, "Will Skip Humphrey push to
legalize marijuana if I vote for him?" Let's ask Norm Coleman, "Will
you advance public safety by repealing narcotics prohibition if I vote
for you?" Well of course not! These candidates won't bring about
change on any legitimate issue that has political risk because they
lack strength of conviction and are gutless politically.

The challenge facing me is the challenge faced by minor party
everywhere, that minor party candidates are worth voting for. In the
long run voting major party removes the competition of ideas for
positive change and gives them little incentive to debate the real
issues confronting voters.