Mark Hinkle at Libertarian Party blog: "The outrageous story of the hapless city of Bell, California is now widely known across the nation.  A group of city politicians led by City Manager Rizzo allegedly colluded to pay themselves obscene salaries in a poor city of under 40,000 residents.  The disgraced city manager has resigned, losing [...]

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Jeff Mapes of The Oregonian provides some interesting news from the recent Pacific Green nominating convention in Oregon: The Greens met in Portland on Saturday and discussed having Eugene resident Candy Neville run for governor.  Instead, it was decided that a “US Senate run was best for her,” according the minutes of the meeting. Seth [...]

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JOHN HOSPERS: MY RESPONSE TO WAYNE ALLYN ROOT’S EDITORIAL: “NO MOSQUE AT 911 GROUND ZERO SITE” A few days ago I read an editorial from Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root regarding his objection to the proposed building of a mosque near 911 Ground Zero. Root says such a building has nothing to do [...]

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Here James Antle reports on the newest polling data for the Florida Senate race. Independent Charlie Crists retains his lead, and Antle analyzes the factors that could lead to a Crist victory. I’ve been skeptical of the idea that Charlie Crist could pull a Joe Lieberman this year. But the latest Quinnipiac poll in the Florida Senate race shows [...]

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From the Associated Press via Centre Daily Times: Libertarian Party candidates are submitting nominating petitions to run for Pennsylvania governor and for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Arlen Specter. A Department of State spokeswoman said Monday that Libertarian Douglas Jamison submitted enough signatures to make the ballot for Senate, while fellow party member [...]

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If it is true that timing is everything, then I suppose that I have nothing.  Two days ago, I wrote an article gathering all of the going-ons in the Minnesota Independence Party gubernatorial race. I then watched as for the past two days headlines emerged that would outshine by lowly post. In hindsight, I probably [...]

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TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire is running for US House in Florida’s eighth Congressional office. She hopes to oust first-term incumbent Alan Grayson (D). However, there may be a slight problem when attempting to combat her extremely wealthy opponent. A local news outlet reports: In the last quarter, Florida TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire landed a total [...]

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Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is closely associated with both the Democratic and Progressive parties, recently wrote a piece for The Nation in which he talks about the accumulation of wealth in the United States and a bill he has introduced to raise the estate tax.  You can read the full piece here, [...]

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This is a bit dated (6 July 10), but I don’t think it was posted here at the time. Kevin is a former Constitution Party candidate for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts. He now resides in Wisconsin. Dear Constitution Party Members, This letter comes after much prayer, thought and discussion.  I have decided that [...]

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From a new, interesting piece in The New Yorker that reads like a few-page version of William Poundstone’s book “Gaming the Vote,” which is also worth reading (the full thing can be read here): Why are the effects of an unfamiliar electoral system so hard to puzzle out in advance? One reason is that political [...]

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Inspired by a discussion on the National Popular Vote Plan, Hendrik Hertzberg recently wrote a blog post about third parties in New York state and the state’s practice of fusion, in which more than one party can endorse one candidate.  Tied in with the history is Hertzberg’s personal history, as his father was a key [...]

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New polling is out from the Denver Post: Results also show that Tom Tancredo has brought Republican Party nightmares vividly to life, splitting conservative voters in half and delivering a hefty plurality to Democrat John Hickenlooper in a three-way general election race, according to the poll. In that matchup based on interviews with 1,015 likely [...]

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Here is the latest round-up of news related to Minnesota IP candidates Tom Horner and Rob Hahn. Horner is a former GOP staffer and PR executive who has the endorsement of the party in the upcoming primary. Rob Hahn is a Twin Cities magazine publisher. Both candidates have released plans for a new stadium for [...]

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