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GoldMassGroup covers Massachusetts special election, asks whether Coakley and Brown should drop out and endorse Joe Kennedy

January 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Gold Mass Group has a poll (registration required): – Martha Coakley should withdraw and endorse Joe – Scott Brown should withdraw and endorse Joe – Martha and Scott both withdraw to endorse Joe – All three should keep their words and run hard – What is wrong that you need to ask this question? Other [...]

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Ballot Access News: New York Times Article on Libertarian Candidate for U.S. Senate Is Itself Newsworthy

January 15th, 2010 · 20 Comments

Ballot Access News: Several blogs that cover politics and election law have linked to this New York Times story about Joseph Kennedy, the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in the January 19, 2010 special election in Massachusetts. In my memory, the New York Times has never before devoted so much space to any Libertarian [...]

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LP.org: Support Libertarian Joe Kennedy in our poll!

January 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

LP.org blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, I hope you’ll show your support for Libertarian Party member Joe Kennedy by voting in our website poll. Joe Kennedy is running for U.S. Senator in the special election on Tuesday, January 19, in Massachusetts. By running for office, Joe Kennedy has caused the press and his opponents to [...]

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Libertarians applaud Joe Kennedy for standing firm

January 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Press release from LPHQ: WASHINGTON – The Libertarian Party (LP) today expressed its support for independent Libertarian Joe Kennedy’s determination not to drop out of the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senator. The New York Times recently published an article that considered Kennedy’s effect on the January 19 election. While some claim that Kennedy will [...]

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LP.Org Poll – Should Joe Kennedy drop out?

January 15th, 2010 · 39 Comments

“I hope you’ll show your support for Libertarian Party member Joe Kennedy by voting in our website poll. Joe Kennedy is running for U.S. Senator in the special election on Tuesday, January 19, in Massachusetts.” LP National Office

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RightCondition: Will Scott Brown stop ObamaCare?

January 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments

RightCondition: Will Scott Brown stop ObamaCare?: by Arkady Kamenetsky An important question to consider seeing that his entire campaign has now been focused on this one issue.  Although the legislative technicalities have already been discussed, I decided that a picture might convey the idea better.  For all the out-of-state supporters clamoring for a Scott Brown [...]

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Carla Howell and Michael Cloud: Endorsement of Joe Kennedy, Warning to TEA Party activists supporting Scott Brown

January 15th, 2010 · 19 Comments

Part III (the actual endorsement, not yet posted on the website, sent out by email): “A Vote for Ross Perot for President is a Vote for Bill Clinton,” said the 1992 Republican whisper campaign and robo-phone calls (launched by Bush (Sr.) Presidential Campaign operatives in 1992.) “A vote for Ron Paul for President is a [...]

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Joe Kennedy Op-Ed: Why I’m Running for Senate

January 15th, 2010 · 9 Comments

The Christian Science Monitor has invited all three Senate candidates in MA to explain why they are running for Senate.  Kennedy’s article appeared in the publication today: I’m running for US Senate because I am tired of politicians in Washington turning their back on the American public. We have a crisis in this country and [...]

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Kn@ppster: Debunking a Scott Brown myth

January 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Posted by Thomas Knapp at Kn@ppster: “Scott Brown is the only person who can stop ObamaCare by being the 41st vote against cloture.” That, or some variant of it, is the latest excuse I’m hearing from the usual suspects who come up with a MOST IMPORTANT REASON EVAH! to vote for “the lesser evil” just [...]

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New York Times: ’3rd-Party Candidate Named Kennedy Could Tip Senate Race in Massachusetts’

January 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments

By MICHAEL COOPER http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/us/politics/15massachusetts.html SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — In most elections, a politician calling himself the Tea Party candidate would cheer Democrats, raising hopes that he would siphon votes from Republicans by attracting some of the disaffected anti-Washington, anti-Obama electorate. But when the election is being held to fill a seat that was left vacant by [...]

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LibertySlate 2010 Endorses Joe Kennedy for Senate; only non-Republican included in the Slate

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

H/T Aaron Biterman on Joe Kennedy’s facebook fan page: http://libertyslate.com/candidates/candidates-by-rank/ LibertySlate 2010 Endorses Joe Kennedy for Senate; only non-Republican included in the Slate LibertySlate 2010 ranks non-incumbent candidates based on five fundamental issues in regards to spending, debt/economy, foreign policy, civil liberties, and entitlement programs. Additionally, we consider both website quality and chance of winning [...]

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Scott Brown supporters threaten Joe Kennedy

January 14th, 2010 · 38 Comments

Posted at MikeCann.net (by way of UniversalHub.com): Some Scott Brown supporters on facebook are obnoxiously asking Joe Kennedy to give up his MA Senate campaign. The funny thing about that request, polls show that Kennedy’s campaign is taking votes from the Democrat, Martha Coakley. I guess that news didn’t trickle down to Brown’s supporters. Not [...]

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New poll: Joe Kennedy at five percent

January 14th, 2010 · 15 Comments

In a new Research 2000 poll, independent libertarian Joseph L. Kennedy, who is running for US Senate in Massachusetts against a Democrat and Republican, (and of no relation to the famous Kennedy family) is at five percent: Libertarian Joseph Lewis Kennedy, an information technology specialist who is no relation to the Kennedy clan, gets 5 [...]

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Kn@ppster: Scott Brown is the measure of how far the Tea Party movement’s standards have fallen

January 14th, 2010 · 71 Comments

Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Q: What’s the difference between Scott Brown and Dede Scozzafava? A: Just having an “R” next to his name is enough for the Tea Party “leaders” who told us Scozzafava was the AntiChrist (here, for example, is a typical St. Louis Tea Party GOP sellout whine for Brown). Somewhere [...]

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Joe Kennedy Op-Ed in the Boston Globe: ‘Return to government by the people, for the people’

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Op-Ed by Massachusetts US Senate Special Election Independent Libertarian candidate Joe Kennedy in the Boston Globe: A CANDIDATE’S worthiness for office must be measured against the person being replaced. Whether you liked him or not, Ted Kennedy was a powerful force in the Senate, because of his passion, devotion and drive. He had little government [...]

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Rasmussen Polls Again

January 12th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Last week, Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll that showed Martha Coakley ahead with fifty percent. But the poll failed to make any mention of independent candidate Joseph Kennedy. Now, Rasmussen has a new poll that includes the independent libertarian. The new poll shows forty-nine percent in favor of Coakley, forty-seven percent in favor of Brown, [...]

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Independent Libertarian Massachusetts US Senate candidate Joe Kennedy to Appear on FOX Business News Tonight

January 12th, 2010 · 31 Comments

Coming off a particularly strong performance in last night’s final debate between the three candidates in next Tuesday’s special election — an appearance described by the Boston Globe as both “crisp” and “straightforward,” and in sharp contrast to his major-party rivals — Joe Kennedy will be a guest on Neil Cavuto’s show on the FOX [...]

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Joe Kennedy at five percent in Boston Globe poll

January 10th, 2010 · 22 Comments

Independent libertarian Massachusetts Senate candidate Joseph L. Kennedy, of no relation to the famous political family, is at percent in a recent Boston Globe poll. Half of voters surveyed said they would pick [Democrat] Coakley, the attorney general, if the election were held today, compared with 35 percent who would pick [Republican] Brown. Nine percent [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Joe Kennedy appears on 96.9 “Boston Talks” radio show

January 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Posted at LP blog: Libertarian Party candidate Joe Kennedy was recently on a radio debate on 96.9 "Boston Talks" radio show.  He is contending for the late Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat in a special election that will be held on January 19th, 2010. You can view the video of the debate below.  Joe’s closing remarks [...]

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Joe Kennedy updates: debate, candidate issue comparison, youtube ad, position paper on spending and taxes, Wayne Root endorsement

January 6th, 2010 · 20 Comments

Some of the latest news on Joe Kennedy, independent libertarian in the US Senate special election in Massachusetts: Download a podcast of the latest debate here (H/T Kennedyseat.com). As the Boston Globe summarized it, “Kennedy, a libertarian, lumped his opponents together, accusing them of supporting bigger government and greater intrusion into people’s lives. He said [...]

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