From the LP of Colorado blog: Sen. Jennifer Veiga is not overly concerned about receiving coal in her stocking this year from some mom-and-pop liquor store owners. While some smaller liquor retailers praised the senator from Denver this year for passing legislation that permitted the stores to open on Sundays, she may be receiving a [...]

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From Ballot Access News: On December 17, Montana’s Attorney General asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Arizona’s appeal in Brewer v Nader, the case in which the 9th circuit struck down Arizona’s early June petition deadline for independent candidates, and also struck down Arizona’s ban on out-of-state circulators. Here is a copy of the [...]

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From Ballot Access News On December 23, West Virginia released its write-in totals from last month’s election. None of the qualified write-in candidates for president in West Virginia were on the ballot in any state, except for Donald K. Allen (who was only on in Colorado). Allen got 4 write-ins in West Virginia. Bob Barr [...]

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http://www.lp.org/poll/will-2009-be-a-better-year-than-2008

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Press release from the national office of the Green Party. California Greens have issued a separate press release on the same issue. Gay rights supporters should protest Obama’s choice of antigay minister Rick Warren to deliver inaugural prayer, say Greens GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Obama [...]

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From Ballot Access News The Libertarian Party’s lawsuit against Louisiana for keeping Bob Barr off the ballot last month is still alive and active. Here is the party’s 43-page brief, filed on December 8 in the 5th circuit. One little-known fact about this case is that both the Democratic and Republican Parties also failed to [...]

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Letter to the editor: Now that we’re going to bail out the Big Three automakers, perhaps it’s also time for a “Car Czar” oversight pick that would really represent change. How about Ralph Nader? I can’t imagine anyone else as well informed, well intentioned and completely free of any complicity in the current deplorable performance [...]

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From 2008 campaign staffer Christina Qura: I just finished working on Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign- actually in his office in DC where everyone calls him “Ralph” and walks around with no shoes on. My job was of “campus coordinator” and one of my duties was being “Ralph Nader” on Facebook- the popular social networking site. [...]

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THE BIRTH OF CHRIST & THE BIRTH OF AMERICA ARE LINKED By Chuck Baldwin NewsWithViews.com As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words: “Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, [...]

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From an article in the Austin American-Statesman by Marty Toohey: Partly out of frustration over the lack of progress on roads, Daugherty voted in October 2007 for a controversial toll-road plan that included building express lanes on five roads, among them U.S 183 and Texas 71, and charging tolls on the new lanes. In a [...]

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