You should read the thread. It was mentioned as to why that was a waste of time.
-T.
I have gone back and read the thread. I see nothing to change my mind. I suspect you may be referring to
I believe that when Jesse Ventura won the governorship as a third party candidate in Minnesota, the Dems and Repubs in the state legislature got together and made sure that Ventura's vetos were overridden. I might be wrong about this because I never got a chance to look more deeply into Ventura's effectiveness as a third party politician in Minnesota.
I am in MN and remember this well.
Very few of Ventura's Vetos were overriden. The few that were, his being a third party politician didn't really play in. Him being a meathead a______ might have. by the 4th year he was basically at war with the media, and was causing as much trouble as possible for the legistature, and had been saying a ton of dumb things. Besides, you declare the desire to swich from a bicameral to a unicameral system, each individual legislator is going to get pissed at you for potentailly removing their power position, so that is going to piss off the whole bundle, regardless of 3rd party status.
Specifics.
In 1999, Ventura vetoed 18 bills (either full or line item) 1 veto was successfully overturned
In 2000, Ventura vetoed 11 bills, 1.5 vetoes was successfully overturned (on an 8 item line veto, 4 of the 8 lines were overturned)
in 2001, Ventura vetoed 10 bills in regular session and 6 bills in special session, zero vetoes were overturned
in 2002, Ventura vetoed 9 bills, and 7 were overturned.
I chalk up 2002 to be when Ventura was 'at war' with 'politics and the media' who he claimed were in cahoots, concentrating on his personal affairs rather than the actual details of what was going on in the legislature.
Taking a look at his first 3 years, being a 3rd party govenor, and having only 2.5 vetoes overturned out of 45? Not a big issue.
If third party played any part, it was the fact he had no strong legislative base to turn to to craft, introduce, and support a bill outlining something he desired.