Today, the Pennsylvania Democratic state chair
announced that the party will challenge the Green
Party's ballot access petition.

By contrast, in 2002, Ed Rendell, Democratic
gubernatorial nominee, signed the Green Party
statewide petition, and that was widely publicized. 
Rendell looked self-confident, open-minded, tolerant,
by his action.  He won the general election with 53%.

Has it occurred to the Pennsylvania Democratic Party
that the real reason Republicans contributed funds for
the Pennsylvania Green petition, was not so much that
having the Greens on the ballot would cause the
outcome to change, but because they knew the Democrats
would react the way they are reacting?  They look like
bullies.

At least one minor party candidate has been on the
Pennsylvania general election ballot in all even-year
elections ever since the start of government-printed
ballots in 1891 (except only 1990).  It's just normal
for minor parties to be on in Pennsylvania. 
Furthermore, it's normal around the U.S.  There are 33
Senate races this year, and in at least 28 of them,
there will be a minor party or independent candidate
on the ballot in that race, and perhaps 31 of those
U.S. Senate races will have such candidates on the
ballot (only Ohio and Rhode Island US Senate races are
definitely Dem-Rep and no one else races so far).

So Pennsylvania Democrats will get the blame for
giving Pennsylvania voters fewer choices than they are
accustomed to, and fewer choices than the voters of
other states enjoy.  Voters like having choices.

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