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Conservative Party willing to shut down to help Lonegan win GOP primary; national party chairman slams NJ group

April 7th, 2009 · 18 Comments

By Wally Edge in Politickernj.com. Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by at least two sources. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The New Jersey Conservative Party State Chairman is urging voters who have registered as members of his party to change their party affiliation to Republican so they can vote for Steve Lonegan for Governor. Last year, [...]

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Tags: Right-wing minor parties

Knapp 2012 tentative campaign calendar

April 7th, 2009 · 70 Comments

Posted at Kn@ppster and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The campaign calendar is starting to come together a bit. Here are some places I expect to be — and hope to meet you — over the course of the next year or so. I’ll update and/or replace this post as necessary.
- 04/18/09: [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Election open thread

April 7th, 2009 · 26 Comments

If you have any news about the elections tonight or the results, this is the place to post them.  Hopefully I will be able to liveblog some of it tonight.  If anyone knows where to get election results, that will also be appreciated.
To start off, here’s a recent article about Matt Reichel:

Back at his office [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Socialist Party USA’s VP Candidate Defends Socialism

April 7th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Stewart Alexander, the Socialist Party USA Vice Presidential nominee in 2008, appeared on the Fox News show “Bulls and Bears” to try and defend socialism. He claimed that “capitalism is a complete failure,” and was met with resistence from the panel, which countered with facts and statistics. Here’s an excerpt:
The 2008 vice presidential [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Libertarian Party of California Opposes All Ballot Propositions, Except One

April 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The Libertarian Party of California announced today that it opposes five of the six of the Propositions on the ballot for the May 19th special election. These are Props 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E. They support Proposition 1F.
Proposition 1A would create a so-called “rainy day fund.” If tax revenues are higher [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Michael Hampton: Why Glen Jacobs is Inevitable

April 7th, 2009 · 26 Comments

Over at Homeland Stupidity, Michael Hampton writes about Glen Jacobs’ (aka ‘Kane’) recent speech at the NH Liberty Forum last month. He includes a video of the talk.
Hampton writes:
Glen Jacobs is better known as Kane from World Wrestling Entertainment. In sharp contrast to Kane’s vicious and mentally disturbed persona, Jacobs is perhaps one of the [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Election day for the Green Party!

April 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Today, Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, is election day for some Green Party candidates around the country.
In Illinois, there will be 20 Green Party candidates on the ballot.
In Wisconsin, there will be 8 Green Party candidates on the ballot.
For more information and updates, please go to Green Party Watch.

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Tags: Green Party

Green Party (GP-US) National Committe vote update

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The national Green Party (GP-US) finalizes votes to place members on their Congressional candidate support committees (Green Senatorial Campaign Committee and Green House Campaign Committee); to release a statement against the death penalty (with comments on the Mexican Green Party’s recent stand for the death penalty); and to decide against holding their officer elections on-line.

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Tags: Green Party