Director Robert Butler Announces the Opening of the new LPTX Headquarters!
Book for Libertarian Candidates Debuted

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A group of Libertarian National Committee representatives and LNC candidates issued a public statement yesterday in opposition to the planned imposition of a delegate “floor fee” at the 2010 Libertarian National Convention. The statement’s opening paragraph: We strongly oppose the imposition of a floor fee by the LNC for credentialing of national delegates. The By-laws [...]

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The Green Party of the United States congratulated former Congresswoman and former Green Party US Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on winning the “Peace through Conscience” award. The award will be presented this weekend during the Internationale Muenchner Friedenskonferenz (Eighth Munich International Peace Conference).

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This past Tuesday, there were statewide and local primaries across Illinois.  Since the Green Party is an established party in Illinois, they had primaries for various seats.  On a statewide level all of their primaries were uncontested, with only one person running, but various congressional races and other races had two or more people running.  [...]

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LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, I’m about to offer you a fantastic deal. For one week only, you can get Libertarian bumper stickers like the one below: up to 10 stickers per dollar you donate! (Minimum $10 donation required.) This offer expires on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. On Monday, [...]

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LP blog: Libertarian Patty Tweedle received 22% of the vote in yesterday’s special election for Missouri State Representative (District 62). Tweedle’s only opponent was a Republican. Ballot Access News editor Richard Winger points out that Tweedle had almost as much support as the 2008 Democratic Party candidate for that office. In 2008, the Democrat received [...]

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via Nader.org: The President’s State of the Union Speech is the Big Speech of the year. Yet there is never an opportunity either for the press or the citizenry to promptly follow up with any questions or requests for clarifications. As a result, doubt and misunderstandings fester. Watching President Obama’s speech the other evening before [...]

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emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Bill’S board COMMENTARY – OPINION P. O. Box 3554 Milton FL 32572 billsboard@rocketmail.com TENNESSEE’S SARAH While Sarah Palin may be the darling of the Republican Party, Tennessee has it’s own “Sarah” wrapped up in Dayton’s matron, June Griffin, candidate for governor. Griffin believes strongly that a person should be elected to office [...]

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Privatization Raids on public wealth spark international resistance. http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/1025 Will new leaders revive the AFL-CIO? The ranks aren’t waiting around to find out. http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/1011 Public healthcare battle in Washington state Sisters Organize for Survival (SOS) leads grassroots effort to save low-income program. http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/1020 How best to defend the Cuban revolution? Debate over Cuba’s direction stirs [...]

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2008 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential nominee and California state party chair Stewart Alexander has received the endorsement of his national party in seeking the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for governor of California. From Alexander’s press release: Alexander’s political career spans over three decades; working for the Florida Consumer Action Network in the mid 80s [...]

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Over the last few days a number of reports have come out detailing the fundraising efforts of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates.  In addition to the story from Down East cited by Ross on Lynne William’s fundraising efforts, the Augusta Insider recently provided some numbers on the various independent candidates for governor in Maine: There are eight [...]

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In Florida’s 24th congressional district, Nicholas Ruiz III, Ph.D, of  New Smyrna Beach has announced that he is running against Democratic Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas on the Green Party ticket. “There is a need in Florida, and America, for more choices at the election polls,” Ruiz said in a statement. “The political spectrum is so much [...]

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DownEast.com has an interesting analysis of Maine Green Party gubernatorial candidate Lynne Williams’ decision to not go for public campaign financing.  The Green Party has traditionally done very well in Maine and accepted public financing, and third parties are expected to do well this year in the gubernatorial race, although some recent changes in ballot [...]

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Posted by D. Eris at Poli-Tea Given that duopolized polls show Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln trailing her likely Republican opponents by significant margins, and given the relatively weak GOP apparatus in the state, not to mention its high percentage of independent voters, we may well see a competitive multi-party contest develop in the Natural State [...]

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Dear Friend of Liberty, An analysis published by the Cato Institute on January 21 offers a variety of statistics to support the notion that Americans are becoming more libertarian, and that they are becoming more comfortable with the word “libertarian” itself. I thought this study was very interesting, and I encourage you to take a [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com Faithful readers of this column might recall my column of last year where I listed several books that I found to be helpful. See the list at: http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2009/cbarchive_20090109.html So, to build on last year’s list, here is my list for 2010. These are books that I have read over the course [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Hat tip to Mike Renzulli (via the LP Radicals list) and Freedom’s Phoenix, which just posted video of a speech given by Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court Judge John Buttrick at the 2009 “Freedom Summit.” What qualifies Buttrick to opine on the future of the Libertarian Party? Well, he’s [...]

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Democrat Alex Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk will face Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones in the 2010 Illinois US Senate race. Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to Barack Obama’s former seat by now-impeached Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich, will not seek reelection. LeAlan Jones is an author and journalist known for documenting poverty and violence [...]

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Nielsen Online rated Newsmax’s web traffic as the 12th highest on the Internet.

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Vegas is the Anti-Obama. Why This is a Fight Obama Cannot Win. By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee So now our failing socialist President wants to take on Las Vegas- again. Bad move Mr. Obama. You may have gotten 66 million votes in 2008…but based on recent polls, you’re down to around [...]

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