Christine Smith, who won six delegates in her bid for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, has announced that she is officially leaving the party. Smith gave an angry anti-Barr speech to the convention when she was eliminated on the first ballot, and then went on to do several media interviews trashing Barr and the [...]

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365Gay, which bills itself as “America’s most read gay news”, has run an article on Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr today, quoting and highlighting (mostly quoting) his earlier press release on the California Supreme Court’s recent same-sex marriage ruling. Barr’s authorship of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act has drawn major criticism from many [...]

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Following up, belatedly, on our earlier pictures thread: … Jake Porter talks with some would-be constituents before he dropped out of the LNC at-large race. … Susan Hogarth hammers home a radical button: … The WWE’s Kane was a Mary supporter (note the button): … Mary Ruwart: … Mary Ruwart talking with her staff [...]

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Bob Barr’s campaign website currently makes no mention of the nomination of Wayne Allyn Root for Vice-President, but Root’s former Presidential campaign site has an enthusiastic press release from Root’s camp announcing the ticket.
In the release, Root notes how he gave the nomination to Barr (sort of true) and how Barr immediately embraced a Barr/Root [...]

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Below is a list of the initial Round 1 balloting, with the votes/gained or lost in subsequent rounds.
Bob Barr: 153, +35, -2, +16, +21, +101
Mary Ruwart: 152, +10, +24, +16, +27, +47
Wayne Root: 123, +15, +8, +3, +16
Mike Gravel: 71, +0, +5, +0
George Phillies: 49, -13, -5
Steve Kubby: 41, -9
Mike Jingozian: 23
Christine Smith: 6
Now for [...]

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The Boston Tea Party held an “informal convention” in Denver Sunday evening, in close proximity to the Libertarian Party’s national convention.
That convention placed the names of three candidates — George Phillies, Alden Link and Tom Stevens — into contention for the party’s 2008 presidential nomination. An online convention to choose the party’s presidential slate is [...]

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The Party for Socialism and Liberation will be holding a conference this Friday, May 30th, in Los Angeles. Topics range from a national campaign update, to the May 1968 general strike in France, to the recent death of Roketi Su’e, a mentally disabled Long Beach resident:
Su’e, a terminally ill and disabled man, was executed by [...]

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Thomas Knapp was defeated in his bid for a seat on the LP’s judicial committee. Those elected were Ruth Bennett, David Nolan, Nick Sarwark, Tom Stevens, Travis Nicks, Joe Cobb, and Allen Hacker. Ruth Bennett was made chair of the committee.

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While most LP observers had their eyes firmly on Denver, the Ruwart campaign launched a new Web site, some time Saturday or Sunday (or later). Ruwart backers will no doubt be saddened by this reminder of what could have been.

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A day after Libertarians chose Bob Barr to be their standard bearer, it appears Cynthia McKinney has locked up the Green Party’s nomination. According to Richard Winger at Ballot Access News.
Cynthia McKinney now has the support of over 50% of the delegates to the Green Party national convention. Although not all state Green Parties have [...]

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Following the nomination of former Republican congressman Bob Barr, many Libertarians are struggling with whether they’ll be able to support their party’s candidate.
Bob Barr’s positives are obvious to all. The 46% of LP delegates who rejected him on the final ballot were well aware of Barr’s pros, and decided they were outweighed by his cons. [...]

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Chuck Baldwin addressing a crowd in Pensacola about medical marijuana and foreign policy.

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The first Chuck Baldwin moneybomb collected around $14,500 today. There is a small time-lag in the donation widget on Chuck Baldwin’s site, but I’m being told the total overall is $34,600–and the website only launched Saturday.
P.S. - Compared with Bob Barr’s first moneybomb, this is a smashing success.

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