Allegedly, there is a movement afoot to replace Wayne Allyn Root as Bob Barr’s running mate.
LNC rep. Stewart Flood has reportedly made a motion to kick W.A.R. off the ticket, citing some comments Root made in an interview with Reason magazine, which some consider racially insensitive.
Some are speculating that Barr wants Root out, which they [...]

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In a press release penned by Chairman Jon Hill, the America First Party discusses the pitfalls of accepting Ukraine and Georgia into NATO, calling it a “Very Bad and Dangerous Idea” in light of the obligations of the Cold War era alliance in relation to the South Ossetian war and ongoing tensions between Russia and [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders expressed support for Green presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney’s call for a new investigation of the 9/11 attacks and for public release of important evidence and files related to 9/11.
On Thursday afternoon, Ms. McKinney spoke at St. Marks Church in Manhattan at a 9/11 anniversary press conference promoting a New [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC — The 2008 election is in danger of being compromised by vote manipulation and obstruction of voters, say Green candidates and party leaders.
“We’re likely to see a repeat of the kinds of election irregularities that were uncovered in 2000 in Florida and in 2004 in Ohio and New Mexico,” said Sanda Everette, co-chair [...]

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Published at http://bostontea.us/node/263 by Jim Davidson. Additional background here.
On 7 September 2008, the Libertarian National Committee passed a resolution against the war in Afghanistan. To date, we are informed, the party’s staff members have refused to issue a press release on the topic, and have not added it to the LP.org web site as of [...]

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Bob Barr is currently suing to remove McCain and Obama from the Texas ballot, alleging that they did not file their paperwork on time. Barr is also suing to remove George Phillies from the ballot in NH (Barr is already on the ballot separately in that state).
As most readers here already know, Barr has created [...]

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The Washington Post reports that veteran District of Columbia Councilmember Carol Schwartz, the city’s highest-ranking elected Republican and a four-time candidate for mayor, has decided to seek re-election as a write-in candidate after losing last week’s GOP primary to newcomer Patrick Mara. Mara, who had solid backing from the business community, received 2,234 votes (59.8%) [...]

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A press release from the Schansberg campaign:
Schansberg town halls in Jasper and Tell City on Wednesday, September 24th
Dr. Eric Schansberg, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana’s 9th District, will hold town-hall meetings in Jasper and Tell City on Wednesday, September 24th. The Jasper meeting will be on the Vincennes [...]

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Ben Miller of Miller Politics recently conducted a short interview with Bob Bird, the Alaskan Independence Party’s candidate for US Senate. The interview covered general reasons to vote for Barr, why to vote against Ted Stevens, and other political topics. The interview can be found here.

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One of the most famous political commentators on Youtube, Davis Fleetwood, interviewed independent candidate for president Ralph Nader. The interview is in three parts and is available on Fleetwood’s Youtube channel. The videos are also posted below.
Part 1: Ralph Nader on the Progressive Dilemma
Part 2: God is Not a Real Estate Agent
Part 3: The End [...]

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Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has released a 10-point plan of economic reforms he believes will help “cool off the financial markets meltdown.” After providing background on the Nader’s history on the subject (he predicted as far back as 2000 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would fall into financial ruin and seek a [...]

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A Zogby poll of 1,008 likely voters across the U.S., conducted September 11-13 (+/- 3.1%) offered respondents a choice between Libertarian Bob Barr, Republican John McCain, independent Ralph Nader, and Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential race. Nader was the choice of 1.6%, Barr 1.3%, and 0.8% volunteered that they would vote for someone [...]

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“How can you throw your vote away?” That’s a question most third-party advocates and supporters of independent candidates hear quite often. Some of my friends are asking it of me, and I’m sure many of you are hearing it as well. And it’s a question I have asked of myself, and of others, over the [...]

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Sharon Renier, who took 46% of the vote as the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s Seventh District U.S. House race in 2006, is now running for the seat as a write-in candidate after failing to win the Democratic nomination again this year, the Battle Creek Enquirer reports. Renier made an abrupt declaration of her intentions [...]

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The Vermont Cynic has a lengthy interview with Socialist Workers Party vice presidential candidate Alyson Kennedy, who said of herself and presidential candidate Roger Calero, “I have been a coal miner most of my life and Roger Colero has been a meat packer, so we’re workers and we’ve both been a part of union struggles, [...]

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