By Wayne Root sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com Obama’s Waterloo First Sotomayor, Now Disgraceful Attack on Police Obama’s True Radical Leftist, Socialist and Reverse Racist Colors Are Exposed Obama’s Polls Dropping Like Lead Balloon- Now Among Lowest Rated Presidents in Modern History By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee Author of “The Conscience of a [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org About the only lesson Barack Obama has learned from the Hillary and Bill health insurance debacle of 1993-1994 is to leave Michelle Obama out of his current drive to get something—anything—through the Congress labeled “reform”. Otherwise, he is making the same mistakes of blurring his proposal, catering to right-wing Democrats and [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org: Patients turning to Oregon’s state-run health program for assistant were denied treatment and urged to consider suicide instead. 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., looking for assistance to pay for his prostate cancer treatment, turned to the state-run Oregon Health Plan.  Plan administrators responded with a letter informing Stroup [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch. Vancouver-based marijuana legalization advocate Marc Emery, known as the “Prince of Pot” for his pro-legalization activism, is urging Canadians to vote for Canada’s Green Party. His wife and co-editor of Cannabis Culture magazine, Jodie Emery, ran as a Green candidate in British Columbia’s 2009 provincial elections. The [...]

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First press conference/report from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch Live from Durham Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch Free and Equal heads to Green Party national meeting Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch Green Party Nat’l Meeting: Friday eve update – On The Wilder Side Green Party National Meeting: Workshops On The Wilder [...]

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The New York Independence Party announced it will support Republican Dede Scozzafava in the special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. The party, which has about 20,000 registered members in the district, had planned to back Democrat Darrel Aubertine until he announced Thursday that he would not be seeking the seat. Independence Party State [...]

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North Carolina is one of thirteen states where income tax forms ask if a taxpayer wants to donate to a ballot-qualified party. Because of North Carolina’s requirements, only the Republican and Democratic parties were listed as options. In 2008, somebody added the Libertarian Party despite how they fell short of the required voter registration, by [...]

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On its website, New York Magazine offers “A Brief History Of Novelty Mayoral Candidates” in New York City, saying that even if incumbent Michael Bloomberg has the election “all wrapped up…at least the candidacies of Reverend Billy and the Naked Cowboy will help to ensure that the campaign isn’t entirely boring. The two colorful characters [...]

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The Queens Tribune today profiles New York City Libertarian comptroller candidate John Clifton, who said, “My heart will be in reducing the tax burden and spending burden on the City, and I will identify from the offices of the comptroller the abuses that are happening inside the mayor’s office and the City Council. … I [...]

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The Moderate Party, currently working to get 23,589 valid signatures so as to qualify as a “political party” in Rhode Island, says it has now collected 10,000. Ballot Access News predicts that at this rate the party should be qualified in about three more months.

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The front page stories at LP.org today are almost all about health care: Press releases Libertarians respond to Obama press conference and Doctors demand Obama apology as well as blog posts Americans oppose Obama takeover of medicine, Dem governors: Obama health care scheme is a massive “unfunded mandate”, and Barr: Democrats’ government takeover of medicine [...]

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Posted by Austin Petersen at LP.org         Freedom Fest 2009 in Las Vegas was a great outreach event for the Libertarian National Committee. The local Libertarian Party affiliate of Nevada is owed a special debt of gratitude, specifically Nathan Santucci, Debra Dedmon, and Kris McKinster. We received dozens of inquiries and passed out tons of [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that the following candidates appear likely to succeed in collecting enough signatures to be on the ballot for Mayor of NYC on 3 November 2009. 1. Incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the Republican and Independence lines. 2. William C. Thompson, on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines. 3. Steve Christopher, [...]

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Posted by Richard Winger at Ballot Access News The Arkansas Green Party held a statewide meeting July 18-19 and decided to sue the state over its definition of “political party”. The party was removed from the ballot in November 2008 because it polled under 3% for president. However, it polled over 20% for U.S. Senate, [...]

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H/T Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch -Paulie

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I did not receive the original announcement as far as I know, but did receive the following from Mr. Hinkle in response to an email inquiry. In addition to Mark Hinkle, I am aware of two other likely candidates for LNC Chair in 2010: Ernest Hancock and Wayne Root. -Paulie Dear Allies, July 4, 2009 [...]

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Mike Ferguson, a member of the Grandview, Missouri, Board of Aldermen and the Libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor of that state in 2004, announced on his website that he has switched to the Republican Party. He said in part, “My principles and beliefs have not changed. I am for cutting unneeded government spending. I am [...]

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On Monday, July 27th at 7pm at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, musicians including Joan Baez will perform at the “ELECT-A-LLUJAH Benefit Concert” for Reverend Billy’s campaign. Reverend Billy Talen is running for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party line. The petition campaign is currently underway.

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Jaynee Germond, who finished second to Rep. Peter DeFazio in Oregon’s Fourth District congressional race in 2008 as a Constitution Party candidate, plans to seek the seat again in 2010 as a Republican. Last year, Germond received 13 percent of the vote, while DeFazio received 82 percent and Pacific Green candidate Mike Beilstein took four [...]

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Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett announced the state now has 3,103,747 registered voters, up 15,751 since April. While both the Democratic and Republican parties suffered net losses, of 1,090 and 2,063 respectively, two alternative parties made gains. The Green Party had a net gain of 19 registered voters, moving to a total of 4,229. [...]

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