It’s been an exciting day here at the ‘Defending the American Dream’ summit in Washington, DC. A rally on Capitol Hill, training sessions for new media and bloggers, and then the main event of the evening… a huge dinner with numerous major speakers.
There’s an interesting mixture of high-energy power ties, rank and file grassroots activists, [...]

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In a lengthy article, QSaltLake profiles Andrew McCullough, the Libertarian candidate for Utah Attorney General. You can read the article here, and an excerpt is posted below:
“The assumption is that gay men are going to cause trouble, that if you don’t watch them they’ll fondle you or I don’t know what,” he said. “I’m [...]

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Kevin Barrett, the controversial Libertarian for Congress in Wisconsin, is doing very well in the polls, as are the issues he is basing his campaign around. In a new poll conducted by Voice Broadcasting, Barrett is at 13.1%. That is higher than any other Libertarian candidate for Congress (running in a three-way race) [...]

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A couple more observations from the ‘Defending the American Dream’ Summit…
The positives…
The venue is fantastic. Lots of space, nice ballrooms, and access to an underground tunnel that leads to an underground mall. There’s also an attached Metro Station right there. It makes it very easy to get around. Also glad I can go to the [...]

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Listed earlier as one of the top ten most hopeful independents in the nation, Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s numbers in the polls have dropped from August when he was at 8%. Currently, according to a poll here and here, the candidate is polling from 2% to 5% in his congressional race. The polls had [...]

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I will be representing Scotty Boman at forum hosted by a group of advocates for the disabled. This will, of course, be a harsh crowd for laissez-faire, and that’s why I’m asking for any and all help in addressing common concerns disabled people have with libertarian solutions.
Thank you!
– J.D. Seagraves

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In email to supporters of the organization Black Box Voting, an organization devoted to fixing flaws in voting machines, informed them of votes being miscounted or not counted at all when the straight party option was chosen. The text of the email follows, along with a Youtube video:
THE PROBLEM: “Straight party voting” on voting [...]

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Greens speak out on health care, comparing Obama & McCain’s rejection
of Single-Payer/Medicare For All with their endorsement of the $700
billion bailout for Wall Street.
WASHINGTON, DC — Green candidates and leaders, encouraged by an open
letter from Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), called
the Green Party the only hope for guaranteed health care for all
Americans.
On October [...]

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This past week has been full of travels for the Constitution party candidates Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle.
Chuck traveled to Wisconsin to attend the John Birch Society’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
Video of Chuck’s speech can be seen on the JBS news page, as well as a summary of his main points.
On Friday, October 3 and Saturday, [...]

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I arrived at Reagan National Airport around 5pm today and made my way over to the hotel shuttle area. The Marriott shuttle arrived about 20 minutes later. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that there are three different Marriott brand hotels right next to the airport.
First, I jumped off the shuttle at the [...]

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With just under 1,000 votes cast, the unscientific online IPR 14-candidate presidential poll stands as follows: Charles Jay (Boston Tea) 28.2%, Bob Barr (Libertarian) 17.7%, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) 13.2%, John McCain (Republican) 8.0%, Ralph Nader (Independent) 7.9%, Barack Obama (Democrat) 7.5%, Tom Stevens (Objectivist) 5.6%, Alan Keyes (America’s Independent) 4.3%, Cynthia McKinney (Green) 2.2%, Brian [...]

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KSNT.com reports independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader campaigned in Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday evening, where “hundreds gathered” to hear him speak. Nader said he “believes he and his running mate, Matt Gonzalez, will receive millions of votes on November 4th, despite the fact that some have called him a ‘spoiler’ in previous elections.” [...]

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The AP writes that with taxpayers “stuck with the bill” due to the federal financial rescue package, “Libertarian candidate Bob Barr couldn’t have scripted a better story line to argue that Republicans and Democrats are interchangeable — with a helpless addiction to spending. Can Barr capitalize on it during the closing weeks of the [...]

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Independent Weekly’s Matt Saldana writes that following a “tepid endorsement from Rep. Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin “is counting on a miracle in his run for president on the Constitution Party ticket.” But “Paul’s support for Baldwin — over Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr — seems to have evaporated. Following his endorsement, Paul has [...]

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Two recent Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute polls on the Minnesota U.S. Senate race both find Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 14 percent, while a Survey USA poll has Barkley at 19 percent and a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota Poll had Barkley at 18 percent.

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