Many Ron Paul supporters are struggling with a dilemma: Which would-be heir to the r3VOLution should they support — Libertarian Bob Barr or Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin?
One such group of Ron Paul supporters, the Poker Players Alliance, has definitively made up its mind: They give Barr/Root the same rating as Ron Paul — “A+.” [...]

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Thomas Knapp has agreed to run for vice president on the Boston Tea Party ticket. The party will hold its online convention June 14th and, as of yet, Knapp’s only potential opponent for the nomination, Tom Andrew Barnett, has seconded his nomination.
Charles Jay is the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, although at least two other [...]

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Bob Kelleher, a former Green who sued the Montana University System for excluding the Green and Libertarian candidates from a gubernatorial debate in 2004, scored an upset victory in the Montana GOP primary race for U.S. Senate. Kelleher, who still maintains his Green beliefs, will be the Republican nominee versus Democratic incumbent Max Baucus. The [...]

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In an article that refers to the incident as a “snafu,” it is reported that several members of the Peace and Freedom Party were denied the correct party ballots in yesterday’s California statewide primary:
In at least three counties in California, Peace and Freedom Party registrants were denied ballots for their party and told to use [...]

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Press release:
Can the feds really micromanage the environment?
Lieberman-Warner bill assumes the federal government can control the weather
Washington, D.C. - Joining the debate surrounding the Lieberman-Warner Climate Securities Act of 2007, the Libertarian Party issued the following statement from party spokesperson Andrew Davis:
“The idea that the federal government can micromanage the global environment is about [...]

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An anonymous source says that Charles Jay — former candidate of the Utah-based Personal Choice Party — is seeking the Boston Tea Party’s presidential nomination, and is likely to get it. The same source says that BTP-founder Thomas Knapp has been approached to run for vice president, and Knapp — who’s also running for Congress [...]

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Reason’s Dave Weigel published a quick reference guide to “the people you’ll never hear about again” in the LP. Christine Smith, Alden Link, Daniel Imperato, Jim Burns (”the sane fringe candidate”), and Robert Milnes are profiled.
Of Milnes, Weigel says:
[He is a] sad figure who spent months 1) saying he’d accept the mantle of a cross-party [...]

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In a letter to Oklahoma Indian tribes, former Libertarian presidential candidate — now running as an independent — Robert Milnes says he needs 43,000 valid signatures between now and July 15 to appear on the Oklahoma ballot. Milnes says he would be willing to pay a “premium wage” to signature gathers, however, “unfortunately” he has [...]

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Last week, publisher Austin Cassidy made a post detailing the progress IPR had made in its first ten days. We’d had 50,000 page views and 10,000 unique visitors, which was equal to the traffic generated by Austin’s old site (TPW) in its first six months of existence. Since then, our numbers have improved, and we’re [...]

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According to his campaign Web site, Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin will be appearing on Revolution Radio (correction: Revolution Broadcasting), Thursday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.

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Press release:
Bob Barr Welcomes Election Contest with Barack Obama and John McCain, Urges Weekly Debates
June 4, 2008 12:12 am EST
Atlanta, GA — Tonight the Democratic Party effectively finished its nomination process, choosing Sen. Barack Obama as its presidential candidate. Sen. Hillary Clinton fought long and well, helping spur a record voter turnout on the Democratic [...]

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In a piece at Black Agenda Report, Executive Editor Glen Ford writes about Barack Obama’s willingness to toss the Black Church under a bus in his efforts to secure the Whitehouse. He comments on the role Black Nationalism has played in Obama’s political life, and wonders if Obama never believed it, or has been [...]

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The Rich Whitney campaign for Governor of Illinois showed Greens the value of a hard fought campaign. Unlike Democrats or Republicans, who secure a substantial number of general election votes just because of their party label, smaller party candidates must word hard for every vote they win. Whitney’s campaign, bringing in better than [...]

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From Arthur Torrey, Libertarian Party of Massachusetts Operations Facilitator:
As perhaps the only potential elector who has clearly and distinctly stated that he could not cast an electoral vote for Barr in the admittedly unlikely event that I was called on to serve, I’m finding that a certain amount of heat has been falling [...]

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Marylou Cabral, the Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate for Los Angeles County Supervisor, District 4, came in second to incumbent Don Knabe 69.66% to 17.78%, with Dr. Jay Shah coming in third with the remainder.
Stephen Hinze, PSL candidate for Supervisor in District 5, and the only challenger, received 21.03% of the vote against Supervisor [...]

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