In the northeast, independent candidates for governor in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine have emphasized the importance of the independent vote in the outcome of the special election for the US Senate in Massachusetts: •Independent candidate for governor of Massachusetts, Tim Cahill: State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, who is challenging [MA governor Deval] Patrick as an [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: The Boston Globe reports that Democrat Martha Coakley has called her Republican opponent, Scott Brown, and congratulated him on his victory. If the reported returns so far are accurate, it looks like Brown about 52%, Coakley about 47%. If that’s true, then it’s a pretty sad commentary on Massachusetts. [...]

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By Arkady Kamenetsky at RightCondition: There has been a wave of videos modeled after the now notorious America Rising theme and their popularity is growing.  It must be the music in combination with rapid image rotation, because you could literally make any video popular. If you use this formula and stick pictures of zebras, unicorns [...]

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http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/joe-kennedy-talks-about-massachusetts-election: In this Dedham Transcript article, Joe Kennedy discusses the election, his opponents, and those who demanded that he drop out. Detailed election results are available here. The Libertarian Party congratulates Joe on his run. Visit his campaign website. IPR posts about Joe Kennedy Joe Kennedy For Senate

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“Harry Reid is sick to his stomach right about now…Trust me Harry, it isn’t swine flu.” – Wayne Allyn Root

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Ballot Access News posts link to Joe Kennedy interview and reports that at the point at which 94% of the vote had been counted in the special U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts, the percentages were: Republican 52.2%; Democratic 46.8%; Libertarian independent 1.0%. [Republican Scott Brown won over Democrat Martha Coakley for seat formerly held by Democrat Ted Kennedy.]

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Green Party leaders expressed sympathy and solidarity with the people of Haiti in the wake of Tuesday’s catastrophic earthquake, and urged President Obama to make peace, political self-determination, and economic self-sufficiency part of US relief efforts for Haiti. Party leaders also demanded that US forces not obstruct relief efforts, after a Doctors Without Borders cargo plane carrying medicine and other badly needed supplies was blocked from landing. (Update: There have been more incidents of Doctors Without Borders planes blocked from landing in Haiti.)

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