Trent Hill, founder of the Louisiana Taxpayers Party and IPR correspondent, was recently interviewed by Reason Magazine’s David Weigel concerning the origins of the Ron Paul draft effort, a discussion of the controversial Louisiana Republican caucuses, and the disposition of their vice presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater, Jr.: At the onset of this effort, we were [...]

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As previously reported, the Constitution Party of Montana nominated Ron Paul for president and Michael Peroutka for vice president. The Montana CP was emboldened to do so after Paul said that he did not object to being nominated vice president by the Virginia Independent Green Party. (The VA Indy Greens eventually nominated Chuck Baldwin and [...]

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Acting without just authority, interim Executive Director of the Libertarian Party Robert Kraus — who replaced the disgraced and resigned Shane Cory (who now works for the Barr campaign) — issued a statement saying that libertarians should not trust blogs for their news. He was unhappy with the way IPR, Last Free Voice, and LewRockwell.com [...]

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In Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, three candidates for Congress discussed the issues before an editorial board. Independent Don Eckhart, an evangelical endorsed by Ohio Right to Life, made the most impact with his comments on taxes and abortion. “I’m the only one here who’s never raised taxes,” he said, ignoring the fact that he is [...]

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IPR is getting plenty of first-time visitors as a result of our coverage of Bob Barr’s no-show at yesterday’s Campaign for Liberty announcement and the subsequent fall-out — even as it extends into Day Two. To make things easier for these new readers, we are cataloging all of our posts related to Snubgate here, which [...]

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Libertarian Party co-founder David Nolan, who has been a reluctant but consistent Barr supporter since he won the nomination in May, says the LP’s presidential campaign is over, as of yesterday. He encourages libertarians to support the candidacies of local candidates such as North Carolina’s Michael Munger and New Hampshire’s Morey Straus. As of yesterday [...]

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LP spokesman Andrew Davis has this to say in opposition to Campaign for Liberty’s four-point libertarian agenda: Perhaps it is the acrimonious environment of a two-party system, or simply a “strength in numbers” struggle that makes strange bedfellows among third-party candidates in today’s politics. Whatever the cause, third-party candidates often reach out to others for [...]

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Here it is: Atlanta, GA – “Seven years have passed since the horrid terrorist attacks of 9/11,” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party nominee for President. “The U.S. government can best mark the anniversary by continuing to target groups which threaten Americans, but also by respecting the liberties upon which our nation is based.” “The [...]

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Iraq War Veterans Against the War member and independent blogger Adam Kokesh has provided his own account of the events leading up to the public retraction of his endorsement of Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr: Bob Barr just had to ruin it for everyone for his own selfish reasons. He had agreed to the platform, [...]

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Lew Rockwell says unity among the Green and Constitution parties — in a libertarian direction under Ron Paul — makes sense. The LP, of course, has chosen to sit out the left-right libertarian alliance. “Let’s not forget that Nader and McKinney are right on far more issues than McCain and Obama, even if all four [...]

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“This is really amazing,” says LRC columnist and blogger Anthony Gregory, in reference to the Barr campaign’s recent pro-Bush/anti-Paul statement. “The same campaign that was willing to praise Jesse Helms, Al Gore and now George Bush, a campaign that has flip-flopped on global warming, gay marriage, the drug war and other issues, is now attacking [...]

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Reported on LRC via Brad Funkhouser, the following appeared in a May 21 Newsweek article on Libertarians: Root, a millionaire, Spike TV host and former Las Vegas odds maker, is betting that the Libertarians can make it into the mainstream by attracting gamers. Root says that online poker players soured on the GOP in 2006, [...]

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Behind the scenes, there is pressure being exerted on LNC members to bring forth a motion to “un-endorse” Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root, and either replace them with alternative candidates, or leave the ticket empty. It is said by advocates that this is the only way the Libertarian Party’s brand can be salvaged after [...]

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Russ Verney, the campaign manager of the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee says that President George W. Bush showed “incredible leadership as he stood atop a fire truck amidst the rubble of the twin towers to rally America.” Verney then compares Bush’s “incredible leadership” to the “leadership” exhibited by Libertarian VP nominee Wayne Allyn Root in [...]

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“As both a U.S. Attorney and Member of Congress, I defended drug prohibition,” Barr puts it mildly at Huffington Post. “But it has become increasingly clear to me, after much study, that our current strategy has not worked and will not work. The other candidates for president prefer not to address this issue, but ignoring [...]

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In a new article at LewRockwell.com, renowned Austrian economist and long-time libertarian theorist Dr. Walter Block, author of the classic Defending the Undefendable, says the Libertarian Party ticket of Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root is a “disgrace” and “devastating to our cause.” Barr-Root are not running for a major party. Instead, the disgrace of [...]

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I finally found a recording of Chuck Baldwin’s statements to the media at Ron Paul’s press conference on September 10th.

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The Wall Street Journal‘s “Washington Wire” blog says Dean Barkley, “a bus driver, former U.S. senator and major X-factor in the race,” could swing the Minnesota U.S. Senate contest. The latest polls show the contest between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken “is a dead heat (Franken, 41%, and Coleman, 40%). But 8% [...]

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Libertarian candidates register in the mid-single digits in the presidential, U.S. Senate, and gubernatorial races in North Carolina, according to a new poll. A Public Policy Polling survey (+/- 3.9%) shows Bob Barr at four percent in the presidential race, Chris Cole at six percent in the Senate race, and Michael Munger at six percent [...]

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The AP reports that “at least 15 presidential candidates” will be on the ballot in Colorado this year, saying voters “may recognize Bob Barr of the Libertarians, Cynthia McKinney of the Greens and the unaffiliated Ralph Nader on November’s ballot. They may not recognize Thomas Stevens of the Objectivist Party, Jonathan Allen of HeartQuake ’08 [...]

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