Senator Bob Smith on Chuck Baldwin

June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Senator Bob Smith, who was briefly considered a contender for the presidential nomination of the Constitution Party, has some nice things to say about Chuck Baldwin.
I am not going to officially endorse anyone but of course I admire Chuck Baldwin. He is a great patriot and an outstanding conservative leader. He is a man of [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

A sign from above: Keyes host catches fire

June 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Earlier today I noted that the message boards that the Alan Keyes campaign was using had gone down and were not accessible, and had been offline for a couple of days.
As it turns out, there’s good reason for this and it’s not that they forgot to pay the bill. Apparently, their webhosting provider caught [...]

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Tags: Independents

Max Riekse for VP?

June 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Max Riekse, who ran for (and lost) the presidential and vice-presidential nominations of the Constitution Party, has now decided to join the New American Independent Party and has been selected as one of that party’s regional vice-presidential candidates. Riekse, as we reported here, was highly critical of the Constitution Party after failing to attain either [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Constitution Party ballot-access map

June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Independent American Party of Nevada gains registrations

June 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

The Independent American Party of Nevada, the affilliate of the Constitution Party in that state, has experienced exponential growth, in terms of registrations and vote totals, over the past four years. Nevada’s secretary of state just recently posted voter registration numbers for the month of April. The IAP-NV gained 780 registered voters and the party [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

Paul and Baldwin to address John Birch Society

June 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin will be addressing the John Birch Society at it’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in Appleton, Wisconsin. Also attending will be Aaron Zelman, Larry Pratt, Oklahoma State Senator Randy Brogdon, Arizona State Senator Karen Johnson, and Utah Representative Stephen Sandstrom–all of whom are friendly towards the Constitution Party.

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McKinney announces lead with ‘clear majority’

June 2nd, 2008 · 29 Comments

In a press release issued today by the Cynthia McKinney campaign, Press Secretary John Judge said that the former Congresswoman from Georgia has an outright majority of 267 of the 550 allocated delegates.

The full text of the press release is below the fold.

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Tags: Green Party

Barr fundraising tops $200,000

June 2nd, 2008 · 12 Comments

The Barr for President campaign’s website reports that they have raised $201,279 thus far. This is fairly impressive as they were showing only around $185,000 when I looked earlier in the day. It seems that funds are finally starting to roll in at a significant rate.
Helping to fuel the burst of fundraising is [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Cato: Barr ‘not libertarian’ on trade

June 2nd, 2008 · 15 Comments

Brought to IPR’s attention by our own Trent Hill, Cato’s @ Liberty blog posted a story detailing Bob Barr’s record on trade back on May 14. “Is Bob Barr a libertarian?” the article asks. “Certainly not on trade.”
This does not appear to be a case of a libertarian’s opposition to “free trade” agreements being confused [...]

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NC Poll: Barr at 6%, Munger 4%

June 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Public Policy Polling has released their latest telephone poll of North Carolina voters today, including Bob Barr against both Clinton/McCain and Obama/McCain matchups, and Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Michael Munger against his major-party opponents. Some interesting tidbits from the cross-tabulated data:
Barr gains more support from Democrats than Republicans in an Obama/McCain matchup, but loses 3% [...]

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