Posted at LP.org by Andrew Davis:
As a political party, we run candidates every November that wish to be elected to office in order to push public policy in a Libertarian direction. However, there is more to the Libertarian Party than just running candidates for office.  We are also one of the leading advocacy groups [...]

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Good news in just the title of the latest AP story. There are pages of google news articles from media outlets that published the AP headline: “Indicted Louisiana congressman tries to get re-elected” (That refers to Malik’s opponent, the Democrat incumbent who is facing corruption charges, partly for having $90,000 [...]

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The follow is from Congressional Quarterly. For those of you wondering how this relates to third parties, Mike Gravel was a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president this year.

Gravel Could Still Get Federal Matching Funds
By Alex Knott, CQ Staff
Democratic candidate Mike Gravel could apparently get federal matching funds for his unsuccessful 2008 [...]

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This is an open thread for discussion of the LNC meeting. To view Paulie’s excellent live coverage of the event, click here.

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Malik Rahim is running as a Green for Congress in Louisiana’s 2nd district, which encompasses much of New Orleans. He was previously a Black Panther and founded Common Ground in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It was the first organization after the hurricane to help people get back on their feet, and eventually [...]

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Watch live video from LNC Meeting Dec 6-7 on Justin.tv

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Posted at LP.org
The “Big Three” are back on the Hill, and this time the question is whether they can make a strong enough case in order to receive billions of dollars in taxpayer-backed loans to save their companies from bankruptcy.
Despite all the trappings of a truly repentant lot of CEOs who just got a bad [...]

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On its PaperTrail blog, the Center for Public Integrity summarizes the amounts raised by major and alternative presidential candidates in 2008. Independent Ralph Nader’s total receipts were $4,502,680; Libertarian Bob Barr $1,383,681; Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin $261,673; and Green Cynthia McKinney $198,658.
Other candidates’ funds raised are available online. Among the notable third-party candidates, America’s [...]

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