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...semester's IOP fellows included: David Wilhelm, former chair of the Democratic National Convention; Mark Merritt, former chief spokesperson of the Republican National Convention; Tom Gallagher, Florida State treasurer; Dorothy Gilliam, former president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Mike Sullivan, former governor of Wyoming; and Eunice E. Groark, former lieutenant governor of Connecticut...
Touching upon a common theme of independent candidates, Groark said she believes the job of such candidates to be tremendously difficult in light of an institutional bias in favor of the two-party system...
...Groark said the media, the inexperience of American voters with third parties and the higher standards often used for judging such candidates are all factors which pose significant obstacles to their election efforts...
...Groark also mentioned what she considers one of the rewards of independent-party affiliation...
...features of being an independent is you can work for the people and not just the party," said Groark...