New Jersey independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett has launched what Mike Memoli of RealClearPolitics calls a “must-watch TV ad using look-alikes to mock the two major party candidates.” In the ad, “an escalator breaks down, probably at one of the Garden State’s wonderful shopping malls. One passenger, Gov. Jon Corzine (D), is portrayed [...]

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On its website, the Boston Globe reports Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill has annouced he will run for governor next year as an independent. Cahill left the Democratic Party earlier this year. A late July poll showed Cahill tying Democratic incumbent Gov. Deval Patrick against two possible Republicans, Charlie Baker and Christy Mihos, both [...]

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John Mertens, an engineering professor at Hartford’s Trinity College, has entered the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut, and is seeking the backing of a number of parties. Mertens heads the Connecticut For Lieberman Party, which was Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s vehicle in seeking reelection in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont. [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin
ChuckBaldwinLive.com
Lest anyone doubt the communist leanings of President Barack Obama, look no further than to his decision to hoist the Red Chinese flag (for the first time in history) over the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, September 20.
According to China Daily, “Chinese associations in the United States [...]

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Posted at PSLweb.org by Eugene Puryear:

Racist gentrification determines redevelopment
It has been four years since the worst natural disaster of this decade. On Aug. 29, 2005, Category 5 Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast region, leaving massive devastation in its wake. Over 80 percent of New Orleans was flooded, with whole parishes such as [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster:
Independent Political Report has been running and/or excerpting and/or linking to a number of reader reviews of Wayne Allyn Root’s recent campaign book, The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts.
While there’s certainly some overlap between IPR’s readership and KN@PPSTER’s, I figure [...]

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