WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party (LP) calls on President Obama to not break yet another campaign promise by directing Congress to have an open, televised format for all future negotiations on the health care overhaul bills under consideration in Congress. In 2008, then-Senator Obama promised at least eight times on the campaign trail to have [...]

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The Metro-West Daily News reports on a press conference held by former Democrat and independent gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, Tim Cahill, and his running mate, former Republican Paul Loscocco: State Treasurer Tim Cahill formally announced yesterday that he was picking town resident and former state representative Paul Loscocco as his running mate in the upcoming [...]

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As you may or may not know, in addition to contributing here at IPR, I also maintain the blog Poli-Tea.  Over the last year, a number of friends and readers there have suggested the creation of a group blog devoted to third party and independent politics and I decided finally to put something together and [...]

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I recently received an email from Ted Brown, former Libertarian candidate for California’s 26th district, and current secretary of the Foothills region of the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County. The email lists six announced Libertarian candidates for Congress, the State Senate, and the State Assembly. These are: Dr. Randall Weissbuch, for CA-26, currently represented [...]

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Via email and facebook. For other LNC races see here. Fellow Californians, After a lot of consulting, consideration, and discussion with both family and colleagues within the Party, I am announcing my candidacy for LNC Regional Representative for Region 2, serving California. These past two years have seen the LNC in turmoil and the LPCA [...]

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By Bob Barr Atlanta Journal-Constitution Yes — the not-so-bright, would-be terrorist from Nigeria got though international and domestic security mechanisms supposed to have stopped him long before the jerk lit his underwear afire before landing in Detroit. And yes — the incident happened during the administration of President Barack Obama. But the sniping at the [...]

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Ballot Access News: Nelson Hultberg has just published a book, “The Conservative Revolution: Why We Must Form a 3rd Political Party To Win.” The paperback version is 189 pages and sells for $14.95. Hultberg is interviewed about his book in this post at The Daily Bell. Hultberg lives in Texas and has already founded the [...]

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Ballot Access News: The American Independent Party of California is currently split into two factions, the one which favored Alan Keyes for president in 2008, and the one that favored Chuck Baldwin for president in 2008. The California Secretary of State recognizes the Alan Keyes faction. The Alan Keyes faction has tentatively decided to revoke [...]

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By way of Green Mass Group: Stein to jump into gov race with Green-Rainbow bid By Jim O’Sullivan / State House News Service Dr. Jill Stein plans to join the race for 2010 race for governor, running as a Green-Rainbow candidate and pushing the issue of universal health care, posing a challenge to Gov. Deval [...]

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