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Mike Gravel: ‘Terrorism is not addressed with large armies’

April 4th, 2010 · 53 Comments

A new video and blog post by former Senator and candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination Mike Gravel. Hi, my name is Mike Gravel and I’m a former US Senator from the state of Alaska.  I’m standing in front of the Iwo Jima Memorial, and I’m blessed to live a block away, in fact, from [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

VT: Third Party Candidate for Governor Arrested at Gubernatorial Debate (Updated with Video Link)

April 4th, 2010 · 17 Comments

At a recent debate that apparently only included Vermont’s Democratic candidates for governor, independent gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele was arrested for disorderly conduct after “interrupting” the event, according to local news sources. In their coverage of the debate, the Barre Montpelier Time Argus reports: At one of the liveliest events so far in the campaign [...]

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Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties

Green Party Has Candidate on Ballot for Tennessee Governor

April 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments

From Ballot Access News: The Tennessee Green Party has placed Howard Switzer on the November 2010 ballot as an independent candidate for Governor. Tennessee has no other statewide races this year. If the pending ballot access lawsuit wins, it is very likely the court will order that Switzer be put on the ballot as the [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Libertarian Party

‘Internal squabbling’ leads to resignation of Arlington, VA Green Party leader

April 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments

From the Sun Gazette: Josh Ruebner, who had been elected “facilitator” of the party for 2010, confirmed on April 1 that he had decided to step down. “After having helped to build up the Arlington Green Party into a serious political force in the county over the past five years, I have decided for personal [...]

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Tags: Green Party