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Internet Pettition to demand Barr’s participation in debate is being circulated

October 22nd, 2008 · 24 Comments

Recently a petittion was started to ask Bob Barr to participate in the upcoming Free and Equal debate. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Demand_Bob_Barr_Debate/ It remains to be seen if this would in any way sway the Barr campaign, that has consistently been dodging debates since the begining of Bob Barr’s campaign.

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Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr says McCain is sure to lose election; gets hearing on ballot access case in Connecticut

October 22nd, 2008 · 38 Comments

Bob Barr says Sen. John McCain is on his “farewell tour” across America, as it has become clear that Sen. McCain has no realistic chance of winning the presidential election. “The wheels on the Straight Talk Express have come off,” says Barr, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president. “Sen. McCain will be spending the last [...]

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Spotlight: Arkansas Green Party candidates

October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ballot Access News reports that On October 21, former Arkansas Democratic legislator Dwayne Dobbins asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to put him on the ballot as the Democratic nominee for State House, district 39. He had won the May primary but the party had removed him from the ballot anyway. Dobbins argues that the party [...]

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Libertarian Yvonne Shick in Texas US Senate debate

October 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

H/T Michelle Shinghal

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Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s name misspelled on Clark County, Washington State ballots

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

via UPI Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said Nader’s name was misspelled as “Nadar” on all of the ballots printed for the 187 precincts in the county, The (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian reported Monday. Kimsey said the error in the mail-in ballots, which are the only ballots used in the county, was not caught by a [...]

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Libertarian David Haase and Alaskan Independence Party candidate Bob Bird in Alaska US Senate Debate

October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

From the Peninusla Clarion, thanks to Bob Bird via contact.ipr@gmail.com Full article here. The responses at Tuesday’s U.S. senate forum, co-sponsored by both Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce and the Alaska Industry Support Alliance, were as varied and unique as the candidates running. Mayor of Anchorage Mark Begich, a Democrat, Libertarian David Haase and [...]

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Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin on NPR

October 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

H/T Miller Politics via contact.ipr@gmail.com Transcript and audio here. The Rev. Chuck Baldwin calls the Federal Reserve Board a “fraudulent system.” Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate for president, blames the current economic crisis on bankers and government that “repudiated sound money principles.” The problem, Baldwin says, is that people have been spending more than they [...]

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Cynthia McKinney interviewed on NPR

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Green Party Presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney was interviewed today on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation by host Neal Conan. During the interview Congresswoman McKinney was asked by Conan to explain where she differed from Ralph Nader. When McKinney tried to explain that the foundation of the Green Party, the Four Pillars of social [...]

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Free and Equal debate picked up on C-SPAN for Live coverage

October 22nd, 2008 · 19 Comments

Another development in the story about the Free and Equal debate, C-SPAN has agreed to air the debate live. In addition it will still be available for live coverage and commentary on http://www.rtrradio.com. At this time only Independant Ralph Nader and Constitution Party candidate are confirmed. Whether or not this development will attract the participation [...]

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Libertarian Congressional candidates Tamara Millay and Tom Knapp in the Columbia Missourian

October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Excerpted from the article here. Millay [...] lives in Greendale, a small suburb of St. Louis, with her husband, Tom Knapp, and two boys. There, she was elected city marshal in 2004 amid a flurry of controversy. The city marshal is in charge of property inspections. At the time, the city board wanted to make [...]

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Local Green candidates receive coverage

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Originally posted by Gregg Jocoy here, here, and here. In an interesting turn of events, New Jersey Green Steven Welzer, Green Party candidate for US House of Representatives from the 4th District, says he will not win the election in November, and says he would prefer that the Democratic Party nominee win the race. He [...]

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Eric Schansberg, Libertarian candidate in Indiana’s 9th US House District, assesses his debate performance

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Via contact.ipr@gmail.com Eric Schansberg is the Libertarian candidate in Indiana’s 9th US House District. On Tuesday evening, Dr. Eric Schansberg engaged in a two-hour debate with Rep. Baron Hill and former Rep. Mike Sodrel at the Vincennes University campus in Jasper. The first hour was broadcast on radio and television across the district. The second [...]

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Independent write-in US Senate candidate Darryl Perry of Alabama campaigns in the home stretch

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Via contact.ipr@gmail.com: Campaign Updates with less than two weeks from the election 1) New Campaign video 2) October 24 Anti-UN Day 3) October 31 Reverse Trick-or-Treating 4) November 4 – Election Day 1) I have uploaded a new campaign video to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaTC6wEo8JQ – the video compares the record of the three candidate for US Senate. [...]

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The Guardian political blog covers third parties

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

A post on The Guardian‘s political blog, borne from the sight of a Chuck Baldwin billboard, informs its UK readers about the state of third parties and their presidential candidates in the United States. And it even gives Independent Political Report and the Catholic Trotskyist Party a bit of press. There was supposed to be [...]

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Ralph Nader has campaigned in all 50 states this year

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

VoteNader blog reports (article is from yesterday): Ralph Nader today is campaigning in Idaho — the 49th state he has campaigned in this year. Tomorrow, Ralph will be in Montana — fulfilling his pledge to you to campaign in all fifty states this year. 74 year old Ralph Nader, seen here with Amber Lee “Obama [...]

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Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on NPR, Break the Matrix, Democracy Now!, OpEdNews, YouTube

October 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

From Green News DC: Two National Public Radio interviews with Cynthia McKinney this week: • Wednesday, Oct. 22 Ms. McKinney will be interviewed by Neal Conan on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, 1-3 pm ET. We’re told the segment with Ms. McKinney will begin about 2:40 pm ET. This will be a call-in show. • [...]

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Updates on the Free and Equal debate

October 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

A Presidential Debate will be held TOMORROW OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 in Washington, DC. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin and Independent candidate Ralph Nader are confirmed to attend. All six candidates with the possibility of attaining 270 electoral votes are invited to participate. Location: Colonial Room of the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, [...]

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Socialist Party Candidate Brian Moore to challenge Boston Tea Party candidate Charles Jay on the subject of Socialism vs Capitalism

October 22nd, 2008 · 15 Comments

Spring Hill, FL, Wednesday, October 22, 2008: Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore will speak on “Socialism for America,” on Friday, October 24, 2008, from 1 to 3 PM, at the new Spring Hill Branch Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, Florida 34608. (Main meeting room). Moore will address the attributes of Socialism, its [...]

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Videos galore

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Brighter Planet, has solicited videos about global climate change, and has selected their Top Four, which are being packaged into a DVD. Brighter Planet planned to send a copy of this DVD to the McCain and Obama campaigns, but with the smallest of nudges they decided to send a copy to every Presidential candidate, not [...]

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