Clyde Shabazz is the Michigan Green candidate for US House CD 14. Video by way of Green Party Watch.
http://www.voteshabazz08.org

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WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney has offered to debate Barack Obama if John McCain’s opts out at this Friday’s presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi, following the Republican nominee’s announcement that he is seeking a delay of the event.
“If John McCain wants to bow out, I’m willing to step in and take [...]

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Tonight, I will begin a series of posts entitled “Let’s look at the issues.” These will attempt to stay away from the superficial and divisive aspects of electioneering. They will hopefully offer readers a perspective on important issues at stake in this election, with background, candidate positions, and various opinions on the issues. [...]

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An email from the Nader campaign:
To All Volunteers and Supporters in Pennsylvania:

Please check out PCN TV (Pennsylvania Cable Network) tomorrow, September 25th, at noon, to see a live call-in chat with Ralph Nader.
There will be an interview and question and comment period. Please tune in to the show and call in with your comments.
Thanks.
Cindy McGroarty
Pennsylvania [...]

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From Amateur Economists:
To the surprise of most observers, Ron Paul - who claimed he would stay neutral between the presidential candidates of the Constitution and Libertarian parties - endorsed the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin in a blog post made on September 22. Baldwin acknowledged and accepted the endorsement the following day.
Paul, whose candidacy brought together [...]

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Mike Gravel, who ran to be the Libertarian nominee for president this year, was recently interviewed on Al Jazeera English. He talked about various subjects, including his presidential campaign, his book A Political Odyssey, Sarah Palin, the United States’ role as a world police, and, most notably, how the two major parties rig the [...]

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As recently reported, the LNC has chosen St. Louis, MO as the site of its 2010 convention. Below is the congratulatory message sent by LNC member Michael Colley to the LNC, which Treasurer Bob Sullentrup then forwarded to the Missouri LP Executive Committee:
As recommended by the Convention Oversight Committee and approved by Chair Bill Redpath, [...]

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In a press release connecting the proposed bailout of collapsing Wall Street firms and the exponentially growing national debt, Chris Cole called the United States’ “waddling debt” a “duck.” Cole is the Libertarian candidate for the open US Senate seat in North Carolina.
Cole compared the bailout to a Wall Street investor walking up to [...]

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Darryl W. Perry, a write-in candidate for US Senate in Alabama, will be attending a townhall meeting hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Students for Liberty. The meeting that the Alabama Statesmen - the Alabama affiliate of the Boston Tea Party - nominee will be attending is at the University this Thursday, [...]

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The Bridgeport, Connecticut News reports:
Richard Duffee has qualified for the ballot as the Green Party candidate for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, which includes Bridgeport.
Duffee said he has received notification from the secretary of the state’s office. Duffee has unsuccessfully run for the seat in the past.
The district now is represented by Republican [...]

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From a Libertarian Party press release:

Like most Americans, I’m sure you were glued to the news about the “financial crisis” and the government’s “fix” for the problem. You probably heard that the government was going to come in and save the mortgage industry by bailing out failing corporations. And, you probably heard [...]

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Ogunquit, Maine: Herb Hoffman, Independent candidate for the United States Senate, today called upon Senators Collins and Snowe, Congressmen Allen and Michaud to not approve the “Bail Out” bill currently before the Congress. As presented by the Bush administration, “this bill, if passed, in its current form would seal the destruction of the [...]

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STATEMENT BY ARTHUR W. KETCHEN

I want to announce my full and unequivocal support for the candidacy of George Phillies for President of The United States and Christopher Bennett for Vice President of The United States. For this is the only real Libertarian ticket for those offices on the ballot anywhere.
For Bob Barr, the choice of [...]

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The VoteNader blog points out:

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Ralph Nader’s presence on the ballot in 2008 actually helps Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, according to at least five national polls conducted over the past three months, as well as a Florida poll conducted last week and a Virginia poll this week.
In each of the national [...]

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H/T New Civilization
Included is a clip of Mario Savio’s fiery, “gears of the machine” speech he delivered at Berkeley.

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