Politico has a story about how Ralph Nader is hoping for some candidate to run as an independent Presidential candidate in 2012. Among Nader’s picks: Michael Bloomberg, Jim Hightower, Bill McKibben and Dr. Quentin Young.

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“Though the Occupy surge is going in the right direction – flipping our corporate government from our masters to our servants – no one knows how far it will go, whether it will retain its burgeoning energy and what the backlash will be from the ruling power structures.” – Ralph Nader

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This is an e-mail from Ian Gilyeat. It is really directed at residents of Arizona, but I thought I would pass it along because it gives us an update on his signature gathering efforts so far. It’s exciting to receive so much support as we travel around the state.  I appreciate all you are doing [...]

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This isn’t exactly third party related, but since Ralph Nader is such a big part of the drive to recruit a primary challenger I figured it was worth posting and would be of interest to this site. There is a new article up at American Spectator that suggests that Obama won’t have a primary challenger. [...]

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“Big business and government have in fact formed an unholy alliance to destroy the competition — just like a criminal gang, or a mafia family. Their goal is to control a monopoly and force all of us to work for them, and buy from them.” – Wayne Root

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Tim Iacono writes (excerpts): Should the OWS effort turn into a real movement that maintains political power outside of the current two-party system, then there is real reason to hope for a better future though, like the Tea Party movement was hijacked by the Republican party two years ago, the odds are very high that [...]

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By Boston Tea Party national committee chair Darryl Perry: Several weeks ago a mass protest began in New York City with the intent to Occupy Wall Street. The group wants to remove influence of corporations from elections. On October 6, Occupy groups from across the nation began to “occupy” certain parts of their city. Much [...]

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GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Sunday, October 9, 2011 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Video and Livestreaming: Green Party Occupy America http://www.gp.org/campaigns/occupy-america/index.php Cheri Honkala, Green candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia, visits Occupy Wall Street  http://vimeo.com/29997382 Cheri Honkala speaks at [...]

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Posted at Progressive Party Blog: What the devil is going on on Wall Street these days? And how on earth are Wall Street protests popping up in Burlington, Asheville, Boston, St. Louis; in hundreds of cities in the US? The media certainly couldn’t tell you why it’s happening. They are befuddled by the lack of [...]

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Peregrin Wood at Irregular Times: There’s a new Twitter feed for Green Party politician Jill Stein, with the address featuring a suggestive year: jillstein2012. At the same time, Jill Stein’s web site has been transformed, no longer focusing on her past political campaigns in Massachusetts. The site is now entitled Draft Jill Stein for President. [...]

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http://www.bostontea.us/node/963: The Presidential & Vice Presidential nominees will be held beginning December 22, 2011 and lasting as many days as needed to chose the nominees. [...] All candidates who are nominated by two or more Party members, who meet the qualifications of office listed in the Constitution of the United States of America, and who [...]

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Video sent to IPR by Travis Irvine, 2010 Libertarian candidate for Congress from Ohio and professional videographer, takes a satirical look at the Occupy movement that is growing around the nation. Toward the end of the video, Irvine has an encounter with a man in a suit who claims to be some kind of authority [...]

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Ballot Access News (excerpt): On October 7, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 205, which made it a crime to pay registration workers on a per-registration card basis. Because Proposition 14 has left California minor parties with only one means to remain on the ballot, by having registration equal to 1% of the last gubernatorial [...]

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On Saturday, The Air and Space Museum was closed. The news says one demonstrator was pepper-sprayed. An activist report says several people were hit with pepper spray. Blogger and activist D. Eris reports on this incident, and on the third party sentiment of some of the groups surrounding Occupy DC.

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Ballot Access News: On October 7, the very last day for an appeal to be filed in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, the Ohio legislature filed papers to intervene in the case, and to appeal to the 6th circuit. The Secretary of State doesn’t want to appeal, but the legislature does. First the legislature [...]

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Michael Badnarik at ConstitutionPreservation.org: I would like you to read an urgent letter from my friend, Sheriff Richard Mack. I will include my comments after his letter. Just One Chance What would you do if you knew you had just one chance to save your family and country from complete and utter destruction? What would [...]

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Minnesota Public Radio (excerpts): Minneapolis — Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis Friday for the opening of the OccupyMN demonstration, patterned after weeks of protest in New York’s financial district. …. The protest featured an appearance by Independence Party and former Gov. Jesse Ventura, who spoke as people started to gather. He compared the [...]

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Via Jim Cook at Irregular Times: Americans Elect, the 501c4 corporation seeking to arrange the nomination of its own presidential candidates through a private process in 2012, has posted its draft rules (“pending public comment and rules committee adoption”) and candidate handbook. Continue reading at Irregular Times… Previously at IPR: Update on Americans Elect ballot [...]

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Posted at Nader.org: Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Encourages #OccupyWallStreet Protesters to Challenge Wall Street Abuses Statement by consumer advocate, Ralph Nader October 8, 2011 The frustration seen in the protests on Wall Street over the past few weeks demonstrates a widespread and growing citizen discontent with the two political parties in Washington, D.C. and with [...]

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by R. Lee Wrights BURNET, Texas (Oct. 7) – Despite all their patriotic proclamations of “support the troops,” the current crop of Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination really don’t support all of our troops, especially if the soldier doesn’t fit their moral configuration. During their last debate, a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq was [...]

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