“The drug war has arguably been the single most devastating, dysfunctional social policy since slavery.”- Norm Stamper, retired Seattle Chief of Police by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (Aug. 14) – The most destructive and devastating war in American history was not the Vietnam War, not World War II, not even the Civil War. The [...]

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From Ricardo Davis, CP of Georgia State Chairman: Save the Date – First notice – Details will follow: On Saturday September 24 the Constitution Party of Alabama is hosting a Southern Regional Meeting. Speakers will include: Judge Roy Moore — the former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice who was unlawfully removed for Displaying the 10 [...]

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News With Views August 11, 2011 Last Saturday, Texas Governor Rick Perry unofficially launched his 2012 Presidential candidacy in Houston (in my opinion). Speculation is he will officially announce his intentions this weekend in South Carolina. If he does declare his candidacy, many election-watchers say Perry will become the GOP frontrunner, due to an extremely [...]

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In the Mike Gravel thread below, it was brought up that Mike Gravel has been associated with the 9/11 truth movement. I wasn’t aware of this so I Googled it and came upon this website. Apparently the nascent Truth Party has formed a committee to attempt to draft Mike Gravel to run on their ballot [...]

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Is Mike Gravel the challenger Ralph Nader was alluding to? Gravel says he will challenge Obama if he can raise 1 million dollars. Despite speculation that President Barack Obama will face a primary challenge from disaffected liberals in 2012, no candidate has emerged. That may be about to change. “Somebody should challenge Obama, there’s no [...]

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Trump is at it again: Trump told CNN if he runs, it will be as an independent. “I would seriously consider [running] as an independent, “Trump said. “I think it’s maybe time for that. See more…

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Here is an op-ed from Alexander Cockburn about the perceived shortcomings of Obama from a liberal perspective. In it he addresses a possible third party challenge to Obama from the left (He thinks it is too late.) or a primary challenger (He isn’t very optimistic.). Even after last week’s frightful betrayals, there’s been barely a [...]

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From Philly.com: Candidates seeking the Green imprimatur must attend monthly membership meetings and present their platforms. The members then vote on whether the candidates can carry the banner. For the November election, the party has given its blessing to Cheri Honkala for sheriff and Richie Antipuna for city commissioner. The third Green candidate, Brian Rudnick, [...]

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by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (Aug. 7) – Even though he said he was “disappointed” by “some aspects” of President Obama’s domestic and foreign policy, the chairman of the Communist Party has endorsed the President for reelection in 2012. Writing in The People’s World, CPUSA chair Sam Webb said, “In our view, the differences [...]

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Ralph Nader quotes conservative writer Holman Jenkins in telling the S&P and other ratings agencies, “it is foppish in the extreme of S&P to imagine its opinion is needed or valued, and one more reason to expedite a rare useful provision of Dodd-Frank – it’s requirement that federal law be purged of language requiring investors to act on the opinions of rating agencies.”

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From an e-mail form Judge Roy Moore, who is widely rumored to be a potential Constitution Party candidate himself: The Foundation for Moral Law, a national pro-life, religious-liberties organization, announced today that its attorneys will defend two Montgomery, Alabama, pro-life activists arrested in front of an abortion clinic for trying to avoid a sprinkler that is used to spray pro-life speakers on the [...]

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DJ Mikolay, a founder of the New Jersey Reform Party, looks at a Minnesota maverick in this appreciation: ..almost all Tea Party activists are united in the demands for a smaller federal government, lower taxes, Congressional term limits, and a balanced budget. Indeed, these demands have come to characterize modern conservatism and several Republican contenders [...]

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Ulsterman reports: Nader made it clear that the president’s repeated failure of leadership is reason enough he should be challenged for the Democratic Party nomination… Nader indicated ”another chapter” in the move to get a viable primary challenger to Barack Obama will unfold within the next week and a half.  Who that candidate might be is uncertain [...]

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From Gary Odom: The Constitution Party of North Carolina has risen, almost literally, from the ashes in the last couple of years to become one of the Constitution Party’s most dynamic state affiliates. Their hard work and dedication is a great example for us all. I urge every recipient of this message to participate in [...]

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I guess the CPUSA won’t be fielding a candidate of it’s own in 2012. They have already endorsed Obama. World Net Daily has the story: While noting he is disappointed with “some aspects” of the Obama administration’s domestic and foreign policy, Sam Webb, chairman of the Communist Party USA, threw his support behind Obama’s re-election [...]

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Source: US Pirate Party (from e-mail sent to Ryan Brennan, editor & webmaster of www.ThirdPartyPolitics.us, August 3, 2011) Good morning. If you have been following the recent events concerning the United States Pirate Party you will know that we recently had an election and that for the past 8 months we have been wanting to [...]

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Discuss almost whatever you want in the comments here, other than stuff that would get you and/or IPR in legal trouble, or stuff that has already been quarantined in “special” threads. This can include news items IPR should be covering, as well as just about anything else. Personal update: I still don’t have enough time [...]

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by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (Aug. 3) – It never ceases to amaze me how many citizens can vote for a candidate who doesn’t represent their views merely because he’s not as bad as the other guy, and then complain about the results. This phenomenon reminds me of a joke that circulated after the [...]

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Virgil Goode is a former Congressman from Virginia and is rumored to be a potential candidate for the Constitution Party’s Presidential nomination. This is from the CP website: by Virgil Goode Former Congressman (VA 5, 1997-2009) On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-11 to pass Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) SAFE Act to abolish the [...]

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Darrell Castle was the Vice Presidential nominee of the Constitution Party in 2008.  In this podcast he “explains why the debt ceiling deal may not be such a good deal for America.”

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