Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The US Green Party’s National Committee voted to suspend print publication of its national newspaper “Green Pages”, with the exception of a single issue. Green Pages will continue to be published online, including downloadable versions for local chapters and state parties to [...]

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In an oped in the Sacramento Bee, Steven Hill judges whether or not top two primaries would solve California’s political problems, based on how they’ve done in Washington state. Steven Hill is an analyst for the Center for Voting and Democracy, the director of the Political Reform Program for the New America Foundation, and an [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Marc Montoni. Posted by Paulie. The Libertarian Party of Virginia this week cried “Foul!” over a bill that is now on its way to a vote by the House of Delegates that would make it much more difficult for third party and independent candidates to get on the ballot [...]

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Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party’s 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 vice-presidential candidate, has just published a column concerning whether or not Americans “cherish freedom anymore”. I am often guilty of using the term “freedom-loving Americans.” But I think the question now needs to be asked, Do Americans really cherish freedom anymore? I believe an argument [...]

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On the Prog Blog, the Vermont Progressive Party’s official blog, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss presents his thoughts on the federal ‘stimulus’ and how it will effect Vermont and Burlington. The federal stimulus – or economic recovery act as it is now termed – has dominated news over the last several weeks. When I was in [...]

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A small announcement from independent Herbert Hoffman: On February 11, 2009 the website, www.HoffmanforSenate.us, will be taken down.  It has had a good run, served an important purpose and was supported by a number of excellent computer experts. Concurrent with this event, I am terminating the domain address info@HoffmanforSenate.us .  I plan to continue sending [...]

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William Nabe writes at YourNabe.com There is no doubt Mayor Michael Bloomberg intends to run for a third term. As we look at the practical aspects of the campaign, however, the question arises as to which political party or parties are willing to designate him as their candidate. Since he is registered as an independent, [...]

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As of a few minutes ago, IPR is at 1,476,912 pageviews since May 20, 2008, and TPW is at 1,476,455 pageviews since December 13, 2007. Since the pace is more recently about an order of magnitude apart, they will start having to do something very different if they want to make this interesting again. Like [...]

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Since Kn@ppster is now the campaign site, campaign updates consist of what is posted at the blog. UPDATE: Knapp clarifies in the comments, Saying that my blog is my campaign site isn’t the same as saying that my blog is NOTHING BUT my campaign site. It’s also my blog. Material there is only intended to [...]

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By Cynthia McKinney. Found at On The Wilder Side. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Hello, as you know I am in Malaysia upon the invitation of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir and his wife, Tun Dr. Siti. The information presented today in the Forum for Palestine was compelling, so much so that one of [...]

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Radio appearance: 590 AM – WROW, Feb. 5, Afternoon Drive with Sherman Baldwin. Feb. 6, Break the Matrix with with Kurt Wallace on Wake up America! – see http://www.ustream.tv/channel/capital-outsider, and American Politics with John Wallace on Blog Talk Radio. Letter to the Post Star Editorial Board: Dear Post Star Editorial Board, In your haste to [...]

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On The Wilder Side: On the national Green Party list, every once in awhile, we get in a cycle of self-reflection. The piece below is from a post that les evenchik made on a national Green Party list. With his permission, I edited it in hopes of crystallizing one definition of green politics. -KW – [...]

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Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Over on the conservative discussion forum Free Republic, partisan Republicans are desperately trying to separate themselves from those Senate Republicans cutting a deal to pass a massive "stimulus" spending bill, a tough task given the fact the Republican Party will in no way discipline [...]

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By Bob Maschi peaceandfreedom.org Excerpt posted to IPR by Paulie: Neocons, neo-fascists and other neo-nut conservatives are desperately attempting to rewrite the history of the (latest) Iraq War. In mid December of 2008, a draft report of the ‘official’ history of the war began circulating. Its premise being that the war and the rebuilding of [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Steve Kubby and posted at shadowcabinet.us. Steve Kubby was the 2008 and 2000 runner up for the Libertarian Party VP nomination, the 1998 California Libertarian Party candidate for Governor, and a candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Presidential nomination. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclosure: I worked on Kubby’s 2008 Presidential nomination [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Sophian: Speakers pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. The organizations – Friends of the Congo and the Youth Action Coalition, a Massachusetts community development organization that focuses on art outreach -invited presenters from fields concerned with social justice and equality. Cynthia McKinney, [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Obama’s $1.2 trillion welfare-and-spending package contains little direction on just how exactly your money should be spent.  Rightfully concerned about the possibility that billions of taxpayer dollars could be wasted, National Public Radio asked House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey about the potential [...]

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Posted at Green Party Watch by Walter Pituc. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Richard Carroll, G-North Little Rock, who is the sole Green Party member that is part of a state legislature, had his first authored bill pass in the Arkansas State House. It’s about electoral reform and increasing the petition gathering period for new [...]

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Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office finds Barack Obama’s $1.2 trillion dollar welfare-and-spending plan causes even more economic damage than if Congress were to do nothing, The Washington Times reports yesterday. Support for the massive long-term expansion of government spending and debt is plummeting, with [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: Nader Hawaii 2004 Ballot Access Case Delayed The 9th circuit will postpone proceedings in Nader v Cronin, the Hawaii 2004 ballot access case over whether a state may require six times as many signatures for a presidential independent candidate as it requires for an entire new party. The reason for the [...]

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