Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Madison’s so called “progressive” Mayor Dave Cieslewicz has had his issues with popular Common Councilor Brenda Konkel, and this year he sought to recruit a candidate to run against her. Brenda Konkel is involved with both the Green Party and the local party Progressive Dane. Konkel, who [...]

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by Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/is-obama-a-centrist-lp-says-no In today’s political arena, it’s sometimes hard to tell left from right, and right from left. This makes finding the political “center” that much more difficult. So, is president-elect Barack Obama actually a centrist? While Obama currently appears to be not as extreme as his campaign rhetoric [...]

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Are Cutting Taxes Really Raising Taxes? posted by Andrew Davis on Jan 06, 2009 at LP.org Are cutting taxes really raising taxes? It’s an interesting proposition, and one that economists are discussing in relation to President-Elect Barack Obama’s proposed stimulus plan.  In Obama’s projected $775 billion dollar stimulus plan, up to 40 percent of the [...]

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Posted by Andrew Davis on Jan 05, 2009 at LP.org Since its creation as a Jewish state in the late 1940s, Israel has been one of the main sources of tension and unrest in the Middle East. Now, more than 50 years later, Israel once again finds itself at odds with its Palestinian neighbors, forcing [...]

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Posted at LPTexas.org and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Arthur DiBianca: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Libertarians Announce New Executive Director Butler takes over for Benedict AUSTIN – January 5, 2009 – The Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) has announced that Robert Butler is replacing Wes Benedict as its executive director. Robert Butler comes to the Libertarian Party [...]

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Chuck Baldwin, the 2008 Constitution Party presidential nominee and 2004 vice-presidential nominee, has penned another column in which he reviews the “best and worst” of 2008. With 2008 just concluded, today’s column will be my analysis of the best and worst of the year just spent. First, the best: my wife, Connie, and our family. [...]

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Stewart Alexander, the 2008 vice presidential nominee of the Socialist Party, has declared that he is going to run for Governor of California under the Peace and Freedom Party, if he captures the nomination, that is. As a candidate for California governor, Alexander’s campaign will focus on creating jobs, establishing affordable health care, and providing [...]

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From Richard Winger at Ballot-Access News: The Conservative Party of New York has been the minor party that runs candidates in the largest share of its state’s legislative seats, compared to any other minor party. This has been true continuously starting in 1970. The Conservatives hit their peak (for number of legislative nominees) in 1982, [...]

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Bob Kiss is the incumbent mayor of Burlington, Vermont and a members of the Progressive Party. He has declared that he will run for re-election on March 3, 2009. Two or three candidates are hoping to oust Mayor Kiss, including one Independent. Independent Dan Smith, 33, is a lawyer currently on leave from his job as [...]

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The Nation’s State of Change blog is suggesting that Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Blagojevich’s pick for US Senate, should serve only an abbreviated sentence in the US Senate–citing Minnesota Independence Party member and candidate, and former Senator, Dean Barkley. If Burris agrees to be a true interim senator, then a case could be more for [...]

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Bob Barr, the original author of the Defense Of Marriage Act and the 2008 Libertarian Presidential candidate, today penned an editorial in the Los Angeles Times, which was then covered by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In his editorial he gave his former reasonings for supporting and helping to pass the Defense Of Marriage Act–and describes the [...]

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Stu Seffern, the former leader of the Dane County Libertarian Party in Wisconsin, tragically died in a plane crash in Illinois on the night of January 1st. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported here. The Dane County chairman of the Wisconsin Libertarian Party died with his wife in a fiery plane crash last night in Joliet, Ill., [...]

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Dick Randolph, the former Alaskan legislator elected to two terms, one as a Republican and one as a Libertarian, penned an editorial for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in which he describes the successes of his legislative career. Dick Randolph endorsed Ron Paul for President and Bob Bird for US Senate in 2008. Disclosure: I was [...]

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I am no longer going to be a correspondent for Independent Political Report. I do not have the time to focus on it, and it would not be fair to my hard-working colleagues. I will continue to be a reader and commenter. Thank you all for your support and encouragement.

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In the highly contested recount between incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman and challenger Democratic Farmer Laborer Al Franken, only a few hundred votes are putting Franken in the lead.  After more absentee ballots were counted today by the Minnesota Canvassing Board, Franken’s lead increased.  Of the ballots counted, 52% went for Franken, 33% for Coleman, [...]

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Posted at the BTP website 31 December 2008 The Missouri state affiliate was unanimously approved today. Congratulations to our members in Missouri, and happy new year! 30 December 2008 Happy New Year to everyone. May 2009 be prosperous and full of greater freedom. On this day in 1903, the Iroquois Theater fire claimed 602 lives [...]

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Posted by LPA Vice Chair Mike Rster to LPA Announce. Disclosure: I am on the executive committee of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. The Libertarian Party of Alabama offer our best wishes for the upcoming new year! Trying to live free in an un-free world (as Harry Browne put it) can be trying. Here is [...]

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Letter from the LP Watergate headquarters in DC, signed by national chair Bill Redpath: Posted by Brian Miller at Delaware Libertarian

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Posted at Nader.org Dear George W. Bush— Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that “there is only one president at a time” over-estimated the number. He was referring to the economic crisis. But where are you on the Gaza crisis where the civilian population of Gaza, its civil servants and public facilities [...]

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