CNN has now picked up on the speculation and conspiracy theorizing surrounding the third party Tea Party candidate for US Senate in Nevada, noted here the other day.  In the report, one Republican candidate suggests there is an “Armenian” connection in the plot, “no doubt about it”:
So how is it possible to be an illegitimate [...]

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The California Election Forum was scheduled to host an event this past Sunday featuring candidates for elected office – presumably governor among others – in the Golden State. The organization’s website now features an announcement that the event was canceled “due to unforeseen circumstances”:
California Election Forum. EVENT CANCELED. Due to unforeseen circumstances the California Election [...]

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USA Today reports
Former and likely future GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney issued a warning to tea party activists in an interview with the conservative newsmax.com website.
His warning: don’t form a third party and run candidates in the general election. That would divide the Republican vote and keep the Democrats in power, he told newsmax.com.
“That would [...]

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Following reports that a group calling itself the Tea Party had registered as an official political party in Nevada and would run a candidate for US Senate to challenge Democrat Harry Reid, Republican Party activists immediately began to argue that the Tea Party was nothing more than a Democratic front group dedicated to reelecting Harry [...]

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Posted at http://theamericanconservatives.org:
I am hard pressed to find a better illustration of a) Republican hypocricy, and b) why the “Tea Party” movement should have little or nothing to do with the GOP. This is from the CATO Institute’s Website.
The Washington Times recently used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain letters sent to the [...]

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Ballot Access News:
Kristin Davis, who is running for Governor of New York outside the five ballot-qualified parties, says her ballot label will be “Personal Freedom Party.” She will need 15,000 valid signatures, to be collected between June and August 2010. See this story. If she gets 50,000 or more votes for Governor, the Personal Freedom [...]

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The following was posted by Ned Barnett in response to an article republished at IPR by Cody Quirk:

Disclaimer: This represents my personal opinion; I am an officer in the Clark County (Las Vegas) Nevada Republican Party, but I want to make it clear that these comments in no way reflect the views of the party. [...]

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Nevada News & Reviews
Trouble is simmering in the Tea Party movement over a struggle with identity theft. In Connecticut, Florida and Nevada, the Tea Party has been registered as a third political party for the 2010 election. All three parties are already involved in either recruiting candidates or preparing their campaigns for statewide races in [...]

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Ballot Access News:
According to this story, Kristin Davis will announce her candidacy as an independent candidate for Governor of New York on March 1. Earlier, Davis had said she would seek the Libertarian Party nomination.
And posted at ManhattanMadam.com:
Contact:
Andrew Miller
miller@kristindavis2010.com
(636) 697-6858
MEDIA ADVISORY
KRISTIN DAVIS, MANHATTAN MADAM TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR AT A PRESS CONFERENCE
Kristin Davis, [...]

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National Green Party press release asserts that many Tea Party activists may be in the wrong party, and urges Tea Partiers to consider the Green Party.

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Tomas Stewart
Gainesville Sun
Politics isn’t always pretty and Student Government politics at the University of Florida is no exception.
Fliers comparing one student government party to the Nazi Party, complete with a swastika, were posted on campus and at city bus stops Wednesday, prompting UF to look into the matter and one student to ask U.S. Rep. [...]

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Ballot Access News:
The Las Vegas Sun has this story about a poll in the U.S. Senate race. The story contains a link to the poll data that includes various Republicans, and incumbent Senator Harry Reid, and Tea Party nominee Jon Ashjian.
If the Republican nominee is Sue Lowden, the poll shows: Lowden 42%, Reid 37%, Ashjian [...]

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Ballot Access News:
As noted earlier, on January 19, 2010, the South Florida Tea Party, Inc., had filed a federal lawsuit, demanding that the ballot-qualified Tea Party change its name. On February 17, the South Florida Tea Party, Inc., filed an amended complaint. It again asks that the court order the ballot-qualified party to change its [...]

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Providing a golden opportunity for conservative and libertarian third party and independent advocates, Rush Limbaugh has challenged his listeners to identify third party candidates for office and asked them to “call me and tell me and we’ll discuss it.”  From his radio show yesterday:
Now, if you happen to think a third party is the best [...]

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Ballot Access News:
On February 18, James Hedges, a long-time activist in the Prohibition Party, declared his candidacy for the party’s presidential nomination in 2012. He is the only person who has won a partisan election as a Prohibition Party nominee in the last 50 years. He was elected Assessor of Thompson Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, [...]

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