What does Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman have to say about the recent decline in consumer spending? Let’s take a look at his perspective and prescription, from the New York Times: The long-feared capitulation of American consumers has arrived. According to Thursday’s G.D.P. report, real consumer spending fell at an annual rate of 3.1 percent [...]
Entries from October 2008
Let’s Look at the Issues: Consumer spending
October 31st, 2008 · 17 Comments
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Swinger State vote
October 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Zogby: Nader 1.7%, Barr 1.1%, McKinney 0.1%, Other 2.0%
October 31st, 2008 · 7 Comments
The latest Zogby tracking poll of 7,000 likely voters across the U.S. (+/- 2.9%) has independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at 1.7%, Libertarian Bob Barr 1.1%, and Green Cynthia McKinney 0.1%. No other alternative presidential candidate was included, but 2.0% said they would vote for someone else, and 1.9% said they were undecided. Democrat Barack [...]
Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party
Baldwin-Barr-Nader debate footage
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party
Barkley launches television spot
October 31st, 2008 · 22 Comments
Minnesota Independence Party U.S. Senate nominee Dean Barkley “began airing his first — and likely only — TV ad of the campaign Thursday,” the AP reports. Barkley “employed Minneapolis adman Bill Hillsman in the hopes of recapturing Hillsman’s success in commercials he crafted for former Gov. Jesse Ventura and the late Sen. Paul Wellstone.” In [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties · Uncategorized
Goldwater to vote for McCain
October 31st, 2008 · 20 Comments
Mississippi’s Starkville Daily News reports this morning on ex-Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr.’s visit to “the state where his late father garnered 87 percent of the popular vote in the 1964 presidential election” Thursday. Goldwater was there to address a group at Mississippi State University. He said he backed Rep. Ron Paul for president this year [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Paul on why he opted against third party run
October 31st, 2008 · 37 Comments
During an appearance on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, Rep. Ron Paul was asked, “Why did you decide to stick with the Republican Party right through the primaries and not try to be the nominee of the Constitution Party or the Libertarian Party this year?” Paul replied, “Mainly because the laws are very biased against people [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Libertarian Party
West Virginia voting machine goes haywire
October 31st, 2008 · 9 Comments
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Minor party candidates in Connecticut
October 30th, 2008 · 10 Comments
If you notice any errors, please list them in the comments. If you have anything to add, please do so in the comments. If you want to compile a list for your own state, please post it in the comments. You can view the complete list of Connecticut candidates here, at the Secretary of State’s [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Third parties, general
Minor party candidates across the country
October 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Richard Winger of Ballot Access News has generously allowed us to reproduce part of his newsletter because it relates to the “Minor party candidates in…” series of posts I have been doing. Here is information regarding minor parties across the United States: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOMINEES ON THE BALLOT # seats Dem. Rep. Lib’t. [...]
Tags: Third parties, general
An Activists’ Guide to Election Day: Do you have a cell phone?
October 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Today I got an email from the progressive mobile phone company Credo asking me to volunteer on Election Day to help stop election fraud. Here is the email and how you can sign up: We need your help to prevent a stolen election. Defend Democracy Sign up for CREDO Mobile’s Election Day text message network [...]
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Liveblogging the alternative Presidential Debate
October 30th, 2008 · 110 Comments
The comments of this post will be an opportunity for readers to liveblog the The City Club of Cleveland debate between Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nader, moderated by Dan Moulthrop of Cleveland’s PBS radio and television stations, which will be streamed live by ideastream (http://www.wviz.org/ and http://www.cityclub.org/homepage.asp). The candidates will debate between 4:30 [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party
Presidential endorsements from across the alternative/independent political spectrum
October 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments
From Stephen V. Funk, known to IPR comment readers as svf: The American Conservative… Obama: 5McCain: 3Barr: 2Pastor Chuck Baldwin [Constitution]: 2Dr. Ron Paul [Write-In/CP/LA Taxpayers]: 1NOTA: 5 Reason… Obama: 11Barr: 9McCain: 3NOTA: 8 Independent Political Report… Barr: 8Baldwin: 5Paul: 5Ralph Nader [Independent]: 4Charles Jay [Boston Tea Party]: 1Obama: 1NOTA: 5 High Times… Obama: 1Barr: [...]
Tags: Third parties, general
A real political race: Green Party At-Large candidate Schwartzman challenges rivals to cross-DC footrace, Nov. 1
October 30th, 2008 · No Comments
From a Green Party press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com David Schwartzman, DC Statehood Green candidate for At-Large Member of the City Council of the District of Columbia, has challenged his rivals in the campaign to a footrace on Saturday, November 1, from Northwest to Southeast DC. Mr. Schwartzman will begin at 9 am at 18th [...]
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Location announced for upcoming third party VP debate
October 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Christina M. Tobin, President of Free and Equal Elections, announced this afternoon that a vice-presidential debate will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada this Sunday November 2, 2008. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Alumni Association has agreed to host the debate at the Marietta Tiberti Grand Hall, located at 4505 Maryland Parkway in Las [...]
Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general · Uncategorized
Zogby: Nader 1.9%, Barr 0.9%, McKinney 0.2%, Other 1.3%
October 30th, 2008 · 11 Comments
The latest Zogby tracking poll of 7,000 likely voters across the U.S. (+/- 2.9%) has independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at 1.9%, Libertarian Bob Barr 0.9%, and Green Cynthia McKinney 0.2%. No other alternative presidential candidate was included, but 1.3% said they would vote for someone else, and 2.2% said they were undecided. Democrat Barack [...]
Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party
Nader protests lack of coverage at Washington Post HQ
October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Independents
Retention requirements for smaller political parties
October 30th, 2008 · 19 Comments
UPDATED AND REVISED. Here are the vote percentages, by state, that each of the alternative parties has to have in order to have the same ease of nominating candidates as the Democrats and Republicans do. The final column represents the last time such a requirement has been successfully met by a party other than Democratic [...]
Tags: Third parties, general
Root hints at 2012 in Fox News interview
October 30th, 2008 · 31 Comments
Libertarian vice presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root made another appearance on Fox News’s Your World with Neil Cavuto earlier this week. Root said in part, “We have got socialism under Republican George Bush with a bailout bill that nationalizes our banks and Wall Street, and now we will go all the way to Marxism with [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Socialist Workers candidate Calero: ‘I’m a worker’
October 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Recorder, the newspaper of Central Connecticut State University, interviewed Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Roger Calero, who said of his candidacy, “I’m a worker — a worker who has been active in different struggles and in support for organizing unions. For example, when I was a meatpacker in the Midwest in Iowa and then [...]
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