In an Op-Ed piece for the Wall Street Journal, Ralph Nader writes: The disparities between individual contributions and available corporate dollars mock any pretense of equal justice under the law. A total of $5.2 billion from all sources was spent in the 2008 federal election cycle (which includes 2007 and 2008), according to the Center [...]

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From NME: Thom Yorke has announced he will play a Green Party benefit gig later this month. Taking place at Cambridge‘s Corn Exchange on February 25, the Radiohead frontman is performing in support of Tony Juniper, who as well as campaigning to become a member of parliament, also accompanied Yorke as he crashed the UN [...]

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At Poli-Tea, d.eris present an interesting thesis:  without certain ballot access laws, the so-called “spoiler effect” wouldn’t be nearly as dramatic as it is today. The highly restrictive ballot access regime that has been constructed in virtually every state of the union is one of the primary means by which the Democratic and Republican Parties [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Sheriff Richard Mack Endorses Rob McNealy Constitutional Sheriff Activist Endorses Libertarian Rob McNealy for CD6 AURORA, CO, February 9th, 2010 – Rob McNealy, candidate for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, is proud to announce that Constitutional crusader, Sheriff Richard Mack, endorsed him. From his home in Arizona, Mack said “In this day and [...]

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From an article by Chrissie Long in the Tico Times linked by Ralph in comments on a previous post: As of the latest tallies, National Liberation Party candidate Laura Chinchilla had 46.7 percent of the vote, Citizen Action Party candidate Ottón Solís had 25.1 and Libertarian Movement’s Otto Guevara had 20.9. The 57-seat Legislative Assembly [...]

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By Kristin Davis at ManhattanMadam.com. H/T Scott Lieberman in IPR comments on a previous post. Last Saturday I gave the first political speech of my life. I spoke to the Manhattan Libertarian party and told them I planning a campaign for Governor of New York State. I have not decided whether to seek the Libertarian [...]

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By James Oaksun, candidate for LNC treasurer Originally published at LibertyForAll.net Want to have some fun? Join me as we travel through nine years of the Libertarian National Committee’s filings with the Federal Election Commission. I’ve done all the heavy lifting for you. The analysis is complete and these are the results. First, a couple [...]

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From google news search: Warren Redlich Calls Gov. Paterson’s Soda Tax Wrong Ryan Morden (2010-02-05) OSWEGO, NY (WRVO) – While weak revenue collections last month have left lawmakers in Albany working to close an $8.2 billion budget gap, an anti-tax candidate running for governor is offering new ways to save the state money. Warren Redlich [...]

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From the Sun Gazette: The Arlington County Green Party will hold a candidate convention as part of its next monthly meeting, to be held on Wednesday, March 3 at 8 p.m. at Silver Diner on Wilson Boulevard. Candidates interested in seeking either the nomination or endorsement of the party for County Board, School Board or [...]

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The progressive activist and publisher of Open Media Boston Jason Pramas has published an editorial concerning the entry of Green candidate Jill Stein and Green-turned-Democrat Grace Ross into the Massachusetts gubernatorial race. My main fear is not that Patrick will lose and that a Republican will be elected governor. Pretty much the same pro-business policies [...]

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By Bob Barr Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Premier for Newfoundland, one of Canada’s eastern provinces, underwent heart surgery last week. Where do you suppose Premier Danny Williams went for his surgery? To a hospital in St. John’s, the capital city of Newfoundland? Nope. Perhaps he travelled to a larger Canadian metropolis, such as Toronto or Montreal? [...]

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By Adam Williams Tico Times As the day gave way to night, the Libertarian Movement faithful remained optimistic at the campaign gathering in the ballroom of the Hotel San José Palacio in La Uruca. A band played cumbia music; the red-clad followers danced, waved flags and mingled as they awaited the appearance of Guevara or [...]

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From comments on a previous post: Thomas L. Knapp // Feb 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm The Missouri LP has the matter on its agenda for this month’s executive committee meeting. Here’s the resolution I expect we’ll be considering: —— Whereas, the national bylaws of the Libertarian Party set forth the qualifications of delegates to [...]

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Poli-Tea: At Politics Daily, Donna Trussel considers the overlap between the demands of left- and right-wing populists on a number of issues, and proposes a third party alternative to the Democratic-Republican two-party state in an article wondering if “Dennis Kucinich is joining the tea party movement”: Democrats and Republicans are now so divided and partisan [...]

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Two months ago; December 9, 2009, to be exact; Ron Paul introduced H.R. 4248: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009, a bill “To repeal the legal tender laws, to prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.” Upon introducing the bill the congressman said, “Madame Speaker, I [...]

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Ballot Access News: Randy Credico, a somewhat famous comedian, announced in January 2010 that he intends to run in the Democratic primary in New York for U.S. Senate, against incumbent Charles Schumer. He has more recently said that he may seek the Libertarian Party nomination for the same office. New York law would permit him [...]

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Green Party of Michigan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.MIGreens.org ** News Release ** ** ———— ** February 2, 2010 For More Information, Contact: —————————– Linda Cree, North Country Greens CreeLinda@yahoo.com (906) 942-7076 Douglas Campbell, SCC (248) 542-5216 John Anthony La Pietra, Media Committee/GPMI jalp@triton.net (269) 781-9478 ====================================== The Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) has deep concerns about much [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com “Nixon was one of 10 governors named Thursday [February 4, 2009] by Obama to the newly created Council of Governors.” The 10 governors (and one of them is not even a State governor) selected by Obama are: *Governor James Douglas (R-Vermont) *Co-chair *Governor Chris Gregoire (D-Washington) *Co-chair Governor Brad Henry (D-Oklahoma) [...]

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