Press release from LPHQ posted at LP.org: WASHINGTON – Wes Benedict, Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, issued the following statement today: “Elena Kagan is another bad pick for the Supreme Court. If confirmed, it is likely that she will vote on cases with the intent of advancing political policy goals. “Kagan will probably vote [...]

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From Poli-Tea: The other day, I noted that the Democratic Governors Association and Republican Governors Association had launched web and television-based campaigns targeting independent gubernatorial candidates in Rhode Island (Lincoln Chafee) and Massachusetts (Tim Cahill), respectively. There has been significant fallout from the RGA’s efforts in the Bay State. Via Memeorandum, National Journal’s Hotline on [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster. In addition to writing for IPR, Knapp is a past and/or present officer in his local, state and national LP, staffer for various campaigns, and candidate for a variety of public offices, among other things. In endorsing George Phillies for chair of the Libertarian National Committee, I should probably [...]

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From the WSJ Washington Wire, via Memeorandum, a new WSJ/NBC poll due out today finds that a record high number of those surveyed, nearly one in three, desire a third party alternative to the Democrats and Republicans.  From the Washington Wire: More Americans believe it is time for a third party than at any other [...]

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From Green Party Watch: From Green Party of Brooklyn: Meeting to establish citywide Green committee Thurs, June 25,  6:30P – 9P,  Rev Billy Talen For Mayor HQ – 250 Lafayette St. One of the key action items that emerged from our citywide strategic planning process was to set up a citywide Green committee consisting of [...]

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Email from Wayne Root, 2008 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice-President, and a candidate for LP Chair: LP founder David Nolan recently said he was “curious how the five announced candidates for LNC Chair would score” on a political quiz that Brian Holtz modeled on the LP platform: I like Nolan’s invitation so much, I’ll double [...]

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IPR was the first outlet to announce that former United States Representative Virgil Goode had joined the Constitution Party as a “sustaining member”, a story which was quickly picked up on by the national media. However, there has been some level of confusion regarding whether Goode left the GOP–with some reporting he had and others [...]

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Mary Starrett is the former Communications Director of the Constitution Party who is now running for Yamhill County Commissioner in Oregon against a two-term incumbent. The Yamhill Valley News Register has published an interesting profile of both Mary Starrett and her campaign. A former TV newscaster and TV and radio talk show host, Starrett launched [...]

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Professor Michael P. McDonald is one of the recognized experts on registration numbers by political party in the United States. He is a professor at George Mason University and has an article on that very subject here. Richard Winger summarizes McDonald’s numbers nicely for third party aficionados. McDonald has also calculated that since November 2008, [...]

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Richard Winger of Ballot Access News is reporting that Charlie Crist reportedly said he was going to change his registration from “Republican” to “Independent” (as in No Party, not the Independent Party of Florida). On May 11, Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he will change his voter registration from “Republican” to “independent” on Wednesday, May [...]

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Arlen Specter is a sitting U.S. Senator who, last year, switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party after polls showed him trailing his primary opponent. Now polls show him trailing his Democratic primary opponent. Slate recently published an interesting article concerning whether it would have been better for Specter to run as an [...]

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It appears that Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, has a connection to the Socialist Party. No, she’s not a member–she wrote her senior thesis on the party’s history in New York City from 1900-1933. A history major, Kagan traced the rise and fall of the Socialist Party in her hometown in a senior [...]

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The “Yes to Prop 14″ campaign, supported by the sitting Governor and Lt. Governor, has reported raised millions over the last couple of months. The “No” campaign, however, has failed to raise substantial amounts until recently. This report comes from the Sacromento Bee, about two new anti-Prop 14 accounts being opened. California School Employees Association [...]

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In polling conducted this week by SurveyUSA on the Minnesota gubernatorial election, public relations executive Tom Horner, the nominee of the Independence Party, scored either 9 or 10%. Horner plans to begin running ads, on radio and online. A press release says the ad buy (including Internet advertising, which will include ads on MinnPost) will [...]

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New York Attorney General candidate Sen. Eric Schneiderman is running as a Democrat, but he will also be seeking the Working Families nomination. Ben Smith, a blogger at Politico, has reported on whether he is likely to get that nomination or not based on some subtle hints. In the Attorney General sweepstakes to replace Andrew [...]

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Pennsylvania resident and Green Party member John Kesich has announced that he will be running in for state representative in the 68th district, currently represented by Republican Matt Baker.  Kesich is hoping to secure the Democratic nomination, although a party spokesperson said they can’t officially endorse him because he is a Green, and is urging [...]

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From the Sun Gazette: The Arlington Green Party has nominated a candidate to take on Democrat Chris Zimmerman in November’s County Board election. The party is backing Kevin Chisholm, formerly chief energy manager for Arlington Public Schools and a resident of Arlington for 29 years. During his years in Arlington, Chisholm has been active in [...]

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Submitted to IPR by Doctor Tom Stevens from his blog: http://drtomstevens.blogspot.com/2010/05/hancock-root-face-off-in-debate-for.html On Monday, May 10, 2010, Ernest Hancock & Wayne Allyn Root appeared at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant located at 140 2nd Avenue in Manhattan for a meeting co-sponsored by the Manhattan Libertarian Party and the Libertarian Party of Queens County where each candidate [...]

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In their April 24 head-to-head debate, Libertarian National Committee Chair candidate Wayne Root said of his opponent Ernest Hancock: “If you want to destroy this Party, name a national chairman who believes that 9/11 was an inside job by the government.” In his radio show on May 3, Hancock responded by paraphrasing Root:  “‘If he’s [...]

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Independent Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders (who is also closely associated with the Vermont Progressive Party, used to be a member of various third parties, and calls himself a democratic socialist) has been working with Republican Representative Ron Paul, who ran as a Libertarian for president in 1988 and endorsed Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin [...]

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