The Democrats and Republicans have their national committees, and so do smaller parties. Often we only see the headlines and don’t see what happened behind the scenes to make those headlines.
In an effort to make readers of Independent Political report aware of goings on in the Green National Committee, I will post here from [...]

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Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr appeared on Glenn Beck’s nationally televised show for the full hour Friday. Beck conducted the interview respectfully, allowing Barr a full opportunity to articulate his positions. Beck even stopped himself from interrupting on more than one occasion.
Greg Creswell, 2006 Michigan gubernatorial candidate who supported Mary Ruwart for president, said [...]

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In a radio commentary by Editor Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report endorses Cynthia McKinney for President. In the text accompanying the audio of the broadcast, BAR says:
Two candidates with almost identical positions on virtually every issue fight to exhaustion over non-substantial concerns for months, and will doubtless soon celebrate having achieved “unity.” Tweedle-dum Hillary [...]

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The Poker Players Alliance’s Rich Muny has updated the groups page on Presidential Candidates and Internet and Poker Rights. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin still gets an “F” — worse than Barrack Obama (C) and John McCain (D), and far worse than the “A+” received by Barr/Root. But now Rich Muny — who operates the [...]

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The state of South Carolina utilizes “fusion” for all offices. This allows the same candidate to be listed as the nominee for multiple parties, with the resulting votes totaled into one sum.
According to Ballot Access News, Barack Obama will likely be the nominee of the Working Families and United Citizens parties of South Carolina, in [...]

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Three o’clock on a Sunday afternoon may not be political prime time, but that’s when Green Party Watch Radio hits the airwaves. Running a full fifteen minutes, the program was promoted over at Green Party Watch Friday, and Sunday of last week.
Plans are underway to use multiple media avenues to expand the Green Party [...]

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Friday was Kat Swift’s birthday. She turned 35, making her officially eligible for president under the Constitution.
“The process by which one becomes President is a fraud,” says a media release posted on the Swift campaign’s blog. “Lies and obfuscation resulting in the theft of democracy happen routinely, as recently as 2006, 2004, and 2000, [...]

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Ronald Kane Hardy indulges in some “indulgent speculation” at Green Party Watch, considering a dozen potential running mates for Cynthia McKinney. In addition to Ms. McKinney’s current presidential rivals — Kat Swift, Jesse Johnson, and Kent Mesplay — Hardy also examines the possibilities of Jared Ball, Mike Gravel, Rich Whitney, and Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry [...]

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Constitution Party vice-presidential candidate Darrell Castle will be speaking at the Texas Constitution Party convention, June 14. The CP does not have ballot access in Texas, and thus, supporters of the Baldwin-Castle ticket will likely have to write in their preference in November.
The Texas state party convention will be at Washington-on-the-Brazos, from 9:00 a.m. to [...]

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Roseanne Barr that is.
Writing for Green Party Watch, IPR’s own Gregg Jocoy broke the story.
In a short blog post entitled “since i will vote for a woman instead of a man,” Roseanne says, “[A]nyday there is a woman running, I am going to vote for cynthia mckinney, green party candidate for president.”

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Presidential hopeful Kat Swift, of the Green Party, will be appearing in the upcoming documentary “Seriously Green.” The filmmakers have made the following preview available online.
In this short vignette, Green Party Candidate for President Kat Swift displays her unique campaign style as well as willingness to go out on a limb on an insurmountable task. [...]

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Short of an “October Surprise” before the Green Party’s national nominating convention this July, Cynthia McKinney will be the party’s presidential nominee. She already has enough pledged delegates to take the nomination on the first ballot.
Perhaps nothing better exemplifies her strength as a candidate than an upcoming fundraising event hosted by former Green candidate for [...]

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In an article from State & National Elections News, Bob Barr compares John McCain’s conception of the American presidency to 18th century monarchy.
“Along with President George W. Bush, Sen. McCain seems to believe that the president, like the British king of old, possesses unconstrained and unreviewable power,” says Barr. “This is a truly shocking [...]

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According to Boston Tea Party chairman Jim Davidson, Chris Bennett will be vying for the party’s vice-presidential nomination at its upcoming online nominating convention, June 15. He joins two others competing for the party’s #2 position, Thomas Knapp and Todd Andrew Barrett. The presidential contest, for the moment at least, is a one-on-one match-up between [...]

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As expected, the New York state chapter of the Boston Tea Party has affiliated from the national party in the wake of Dr. Tom Stevens’s resignation as the national party’s vice chairman. Says party Michigan organizer and potential new vice chair, Todd Andrew Barrett:
National Boston Tea Party Chairman Jim Davidson has announced on the National [...]

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