A Kentucky Enquirer article on the retirement of that state’s Sen. Jim Bunning contains a brief assessment from Libertarian Party of Kentucky Chairman Ken Moellman, who said, “We certainly appreciated his loud and bold statements against…using taxpayer dollars to ‘bail out’ private companies that engaged in bad business practices.”

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Richard Winger writes at Ballot Access News: The Moderate Party of Rhode Island will have collected 30,000 signatures on its petition to become a qualified party by Monday, August 3. The law requires 23,589 signatures, so the party believes that in four days, it will have enough valid signatures. If the party has qualified, this [...]

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In a pair of articles at Libertyforall.net, George Phillies writes: The LNC Meeting, the open parts, were streamed electronically and can be seen on the Internet. I was there for much of two days. I have seldom seen a less effective use of the time of several dozen — counting the gallery — highly intelligent [...]

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Posted at On The Wilder Side: Dear VoteRevBilly Volunteers, This is it! We need 20,000 signatures to put Reverend Billy Talen on the ballot and they have to be gathered properly. Our petitioning window is from July 7th to August 18th, but since August 18th is the last day to turn in signatures we need [...]

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7-31-09 Wayne Allyn Root on FNC 7-29-09 Wayne Allyn Root on Hannity Cavuto, July 28 Much more at http://rootforamerica.com/

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: The Steering Committee of the Green Party (US) consists of 7 “co-chairs”, plus a Treasurer and a Secretary. Four of the seven co-chair positions are up for election with 10 days left in the discussion period before a seven day voting period begins. The debate among the [...]

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Brian Holtz writes Can someone please cite for me some actual substantive disagreement in this debate? I see the usual dueling abstract characterizations of the LP’s optimal strategy and messaging, but I can’t figure out their cash value. The only thing concrete that I’ve noticed from Starchild is some language from the 1972 Platform — [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: In the U.S., 22,000 people die every year due to lack of health care. Congressman Dennis Kucinich supports HR 676, the United States National Health Insurance Bill because it will control costs, create jobs and boost the economy, and provide more choice for every American. Joining Kucinich [...]

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Ohio’s Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports this morning that Libertarian presidential hopeful Wayne Allyn Root “is backing fellow Libertarian Sean Kalin Stipe” for Lorain City Council, “according to a news release from Stipe. In his endorsement, Root said Stipe is ‘the last best hope for real leadership in Lorain. Kalin has the game plan that will return [...]

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