Ralph Nader in the news

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Tonight, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be appearing on the O’Reily Factor. His appearance will be at 8:25 PM EST. He also appeared on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer today at 5 PM.

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Tags: Independents

Austin Cassidy to replace ‘G.E.’ as editor-in-chief of IPR, effective immediately

October 8th, 2008 · 45 Comments

In an effort to streamline my life and pursue other goals, I have decided to step down as editor-in-chief of IPR and turn the reins over to the best man possible, Austin Cassidy, the original founder of Third Party Watch.
Two factors influenced my decision to step down: (1) A general loss of interest in third-party [...]

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Pictures from Third Party Debate

October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Non-left/right parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Georgia independent challenges ballot access laws

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Faye Coffield, an independent running for Congress in Georgia (who was also Cynthia McKinney’s private investigator at one time), is challenging the consitutionality of Georgia’s ballot access laws. They currently require 15,000 signatures for an independent to get on the ballot, or 5% of the popular vote in the last election. Coffield did [...]

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Tags: Green Party · Independents

Ralph Nader launches nationwide grassroots ‘Get Out the Vote Ground Operation’

October 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Independent candidate for president Ralph Nader launched a nationwide grassroots get-out-the-vote effort today. His campaign is opening 22 offices across the nation, hiring 40 new full time staff members, distributing 20,000 yard signs, 500,000 “pieces of literature,” 100,000 bumper stickers, and 250,000 “lapel stickers.”
Also, the campaign has introduced a new page to its website, [...]

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Tags: Independents

High-polling independent debates opponents

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

In a press release, independent David Krikorian’s congressional campaign touted the fact that part of his plan for the economy was adopted by the Fed, and lambasted his opponents’ debate performances. A video of the debate is posted below.

Concerning the Fed’s plan, Krikorian said,
Krikorian for Congress issued the The Krikorian Plan, currently a 19-point [...]

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Tags: Independents

Congressional candidate Eric Schansberg agrees to lie detector debate

October 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Eric Schansberg, a Libertarian running for Congress in Indiana’s 9th, has accepted a challenge from the local Republican Party’s chairman. The challenge was an invitation to a debate. A debate, that is, where the candidates will be hooked up to polygraph lie detectors.
The rest of the press release explain why Larry Shickles, the [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Zogby: Barr 1.3%, Nader 1.0%, McKinney 0.1%

October 8th, 2008 · 15 Comments

A Zogby poll of 1,237 likely voters across the U.S. conducted October 3-6 (+/- 2.8%) shows Libertarian Bob Barr at 1.3%, independent Ralph Nader 1.0%, Green Cynthia McKinney 0.1%, and “other” at 1.0%. Barack Obama leads John McCain 47.7% to 45.3%.

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Tags: Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

IPR 14-candidate online poll update

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The 14-candidate online presidential poll I created will run on the right sidebar of IPR through Election Day. The candidates included are all of those who will appear (or in the case of Ted Weill, still have a chance to appear) on the ballot in more than one state. The one exception is [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general