Dierdre Scozzafava, Republican candidate for New York’s 23rd Congressional District in the special election this year, has abruptly suspended her campaign amidst plunging support, saying it would be the best thing for her party. The race is now between Democratic Party candidate Bill Owens and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

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In an article today, the Associated Press is speculating about third parties’ near-term future in this country, based on strong candidacies this year: Third party candidates could upend two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and [...]

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In light of the potential close three-way split (and there are nine other candidates in the race, too), three major newspapers have printed opinion pieces in favor of instant runoff voting.

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The candidates for US House of Representatives for the 23rd District in New York are: Bill Owens (Democrat); Dede Scozzafava (Republican); and Doug Hoffman (Conservative). There is an excellent story at the Times Union political blog analyzing the race.

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In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers union declined to endorse a candidate for Mayor. Though, a group within the UFT –called ICE — has made an interesting endorsement: They ask members to vote for anybody on the ballot, except incumbent Mayor Bloomberg. Because there are 8 candidates on the ballot — including 5 running solely on a third party line — that endorsement should help the numbers for third parties.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman offers a mea culpa for his previous Nader-bashing and some great compliments for the man.  Read the full thing here. For the last decade, Mr. Nader has been portrayed as a pill by the popular press — a humorless, Quixotic figure doomed to eternal political isolation thanks to his uncompromising [...]

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A debate was held with all five candidates for the Special Election [on Election Day, Nov 3, 2009] to fill the seat of Ellen Tauscher in the 10th Congressional District in California. The candidates represented the two major parties, plus the Peace and Freedom Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party.

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The Modern Whig Party’s first candidate for office and their only candidate on the ballot this November is Gene Baldassari, a New Jersey State Assembly candidate in the 14th district.  The Trentonian recently ran this piece profiling him: HAMILTON — Gene Baldassari, a Hamilton resident and lifelong Republican, said New Jersey has been ruined by [...]

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2008 Libertarian V.P. nominee Wayne Root today writes that  President Obama is taking notes right out of Bernie Madoff’s playbook — steal from one group to pay off his friends. And why did Bernie do it? To increase his own wealth, power, control and ego. Sound familiar? Obama is doing the same thing- the only [...]

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2008 Libertarian Party V.P. nominee Wayne Root‘s book Conscience of a Libertarian is climbing in its Amazon sales rank. It is currently #4 in Philosophy > Politics #5 in Politics > U.S. #1 in Law > Taxation #1 in Law > Business #24 in Politics Here are current Amazon sales rankings for books written by [...]

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Among the quotations in the Village Voice article with Green Party candidate for Mayor of NYC Reverend Billy Talen:

“What is the city? We’re the city. The “City” will go on with its bubble economy. But we have homes, loved ones, children. And as the corporations fade away we’re starting our own companies, we’re making our own arrangements, we’re counting on our neighbor’s genius to help pull us through. As we say in the Church of Life After Shopping, Change-allujah!”

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Posted at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3258 by George Phillies. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Disclaimer: I’m gathering signatures for Joe Kennedy and helping recruit other petitioners. -p by George Phillies Dues-paying National Libertarian Party Member Joe Kennedy is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. He’s running in our January 19 special election to replace the late Senator Edward [...]

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Referring to an October 16th decision about “nuclear cost recovery” funds, GPF spokesperson, says, “Granting FPL and Progress Energy permission to raise utility rates to pay for risky and unnecessary nuclear plants is like giving them a license to steal.”

In February, the Green Party of Florida joined with the Nuclear Information and Resource Service and the Ecology Party to file a Petition to Intervene in the NRC licensing process for the Levy Nuclear Plant. The NRC’s Atomic Safety Licensing Board admitted a number of the petitioners’ contentions, and Progress Energy is required to respond to them before the Construction and Operating License application can be approved.

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On Sunday night, Green Party Watch wrote about a mystery. The national Green Party website was not coming up on any Google searches. An email to Green Party Watch from Google states that the Green Party (US) website gp.org had been removed from the Google index because it had been hacked. The problem is being resolved.

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October 26, 2009 Dear Friend of Liberty, This coming November 3 is Election Day in many places throughout the U.S. Since it’s an odd-numbered year, there are relatively few races. Nevertheless, dozens of Libertarians are on the ballot for various positions. While you may not live in a place with a Libertarian on the ballot, [...]

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A paper in New Jersey write an extensive article about what it calls “another nine” candidates running for New Jersey Governor. The list includes independents, a Libertarian, and a candidate with Socialist Party USA.

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On November 3, the citizens of the 6th city council district will decide who will represent them – a Green, an independent, a Republican, a Democrat, or an incumbent Republican running a write-in campaign. The Green candidate is Bert Taylor, a construction superintendent who “is interested in the proposed community college.” The independent is Steven [...]

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Many people have become concerned about what they see as the polarization of the American political system, characterized by vicious political dialogue. Others see the same lack of civility and conclude that the two main parties are in fact drawing closer together in all but rhetoric.  Here’s a quick review of three American centrist party [...]

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From the Associated Press: Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed a third-party candidate over the GOP-backed contender in New York’s congressional special election, saying her own party has abandoned its core values. The former Alaska governor, who was Arizona Sen. John McCain’s running-mate last year, said Thursday she was backing Conservative Party [...]

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On Thursday, a week before the November 3 election, Reverend Billy will be taking animals native to the rainforest through Washington Square Park. He is the Green Party’s candidate for mayor of New York City. Reverend Billy claims that the city is the single largest purchaser of wood from the rainforest in the nation.

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