W. James Antle III of the American Spectator writes in the Boston Globe this morning that Bob Barr “has performed better in national polls than any Libertarian Party presidential candidate in history,” and in Massachusetts, “polls have showed Barr winning as much as 5 percent of the vote — 2 points more than Libertarians need [...]
Antle says Barr, not Phillies, should be on Massachusetts ballot
August 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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George Phillies: Wes Benedict ‘totally unfit’ to be LP exec. director
August 14th, 2008 · 45 Comments
George Phillies, who sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and will be on the ballot as a Libertarian in New Hampshire, says Wes Benedict, who recently applied for the LP’s vacant executive directorship, is “totally unfit for the position.”
Says Dr. Phillies:
While a member of the LNC, Mr. Benedict actively funded the Presidential campaign of a [...]
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Latest Boston Tea Party endorsements, organizational news
August 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Latest affiliates and endorsements from the Boston Tea Party
New news at the top 12 August 2008 The Boston Tea Party’s national committee has voted to endorse Tom Knapp for Congress in Missouri. Tom represents the Libertarian Party in that race. Our Indiana affiliate has voted to endorse Rex Bell in Indiana.
10 August 2008 Our ranks [...]
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Barr misses Maine deadline
August 12th, 2008 · 27 Comments
Hot on the heels of the failure in West Virginia (additional discussion at Ballot Access News and Last Free Voice), Ballot Access News reports:
On the deadline date of August 8, Bob Barr submitted a total of 3,200 signatures to various town and city clerks in Maine. State law requires 4,000 valid signatures to get on [...]
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George Phillies on the ballot in New Hampshire; Barr not yet
July 30th, 2008 · 76 Comments
George Phillies will be on the New Hampshire ballot as a/the presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party.
Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, and the unknown Yonyuth Hongsakaphadana have declared their intent to be on the ballot, but not yet qualified.
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Barr polls double digits in NH, closing in on getting ballot access
July 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Reported in the Manchester, NH Union Leader newspaper:
Although he’s yet to secure a spot on the New Hampshire presidential ballot, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr visited Manchester yesterday, drawing attention and, possibly votes, away from Republican John McCain.
Barr visited Murphy’s Tap Room in downtown Manchester, where about 90 people listened to his calls for small government [...]
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Barr to campaign for down-ballot Libertarians in the Free State?
July 19th, 2008 · 23 Comments
Bob Barr will be a campaign visit to New Hampshire — where he may be one of two Libertarian presidential candidates on the ballot — on Tuesday. It is reported that he will spend the day giving interviews and talking with fellow candidates — presumably Libertarians.
There will be a meet-and-greet at 8:00 P.M. at Murphy’s [...]
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New Hampshire could have two Libertarian presidential choices
July 13th, 2008 · 20 Comments
New Hampshire’s Nashua Telegraph has a story this morning about how there may be two Libertarian options — Bob Barr and George Phillies — on the state’s presidential ballot. The newspaper notes Barr’s 10% poll showing in the state, and says that “with Phillies already earning the state party’s support, some libertarians fret that Barr [...]
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LRC reports Barr, who may not be on the ballot, at 10% in New Hampshire
July 10th, 2008 · 49 Comments
LRC blogger Nick Bradley reports that Bob Barr is polling at 10% in New Hampshire. Apparently, no one told the pollsters, the pollees, or Bradley that Barr likely won’t even be on the ballot in the Granite State, in which the LP will be represented by George Phillies — a fact that was covered by [...]
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Sean Haugh under fire for giving instructions to burn petitions
July 2nd, 2008 · 40 Comments
It has been confirmed by multiple sources that Libertarian Party Political Director Sean Haugh, in violation of Massachusetts electoral law, ordered petitions with valid signatures to be burned — “quite literally.”
Haugh objected to reports that Gary Fincher, a professional petition circulator on Mr. Haugh’s black list, was collecting signatures in Massachusetts. Mr. Fincher was [...]
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