“Mr. Krugman, please stop lying about capital gains.” – Wayne Allyn Root

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“The congressional supercommittee tasked with cutting the debt is almost out of time. Good. Run out the clock. If its members do not come to an agreement, we’ll be forced to accept automatic across-the-board cuts to spending – including defense spending. That’s exactly what America needs.” – Wayne Allyn Root

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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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August 2, 2011 Press release from the Libertarian party WASHINGTON – On January 17, 2011, the Libertarian Party (LP) asked the 90,000 readers of its weekly email message to take a poll asking, “When will we know that Republicans successfully fooled the Tea Partiers?” 59% of respondents chose the option, “When they raise the debt [...]

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From Ballot Access News: New York State held a special U.S. House election on May 24, 2011, to fill the vacant 26th district seat. The official results by party: Democratic 42.77%; Republican 32.15%; Tea Party 9.03%; Conservative 8.18%; Working Families 4.67%; Independence 2.14%; Green 1.06%. In November 2010, the results in this same seat had [...]

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On May 5, 2011, at 7:54 pm, the Libertarian Party of Nevada had over sixty members, three active county-level affiliates, and enjoyed constantly increasing momentum month after month. Each local affiliate proudly hosted events at least once a month. With the weather improving and convention season beginning, each local affiliate was putting its booth staffing [...]

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Phil Moffett and John T. Kemper III, Republican candidates for Governor and Auditor, respectively, had signed a petition which would allow Libertarian Party candidate for State Treasurer Ken Moellman a place on the ballot

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Posted as a note to Facebook early morning Sunday, April 17: This weekend I was supposed to speak at the Mississippi Party’s State Convention, something I was looking forward to, but instead I made the trip to Washington D.C. to try and fill the slot that was left vacant on the Libertarian National Committee by [...]

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From Madison.com: Ben Manski, the Green Party candidate who lost his bid for a West Side Madison Assembly seat to Democrat Brett Hulsey last year, has great ideas for opening up the political system and correctly identifies the existing redistricting process as “an incumbency protection racket.” But on the collective bargaining issue, Democrats are on [...]

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“The same holds true in deciphering our economic troubles. If you’ve been paying attention to the news, several ominous signs have appeared that foretell economic disaster. After reading these “tells” or signs, I believe you’ll agree we are entering “Obamageddon” – Obama’s Great Depression.” – Wayne Root, March 29, 2011

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Kenric Ward in Sunshine State News, by way of the Florida TEA Party: …Limbaugh… tweaked establishment Republicans by predicting that disgruntled tea partiers could bolt the GOP to form a third party. “They know they’re a majority in the country. If they conclude that they have no influence with the current crop of Republicans, they’ll [...]

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From an article by Justin Elliott over at Salon.com: This one does not look good for the Democratic Party in Michigan: Two county-level party officials have been hit with felony charges in an alleged scheme to put bogus Tea Party candidates on the ballot to draw votes away from Republicans. (Via Jim Geraghty.) Former Oakland [...]

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Following the sex scandal driven resignation of Republican Chris Lee in NY-26, Scott Walker’s prank caller Ian Murphy (see previous IPR story) is described by Steve Peoples at Roll Call as “likely to capture the the Green Party ballot line” according to state Green Party co-chairman Peter LaVenia: “The local out in western New York [...]

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Press release emailed to IPR: “I was pleased with the tone and subjects covered by the Governor. We strongly support Governor Scott’s efforts to bring the state budget under control and be on the side of the taxpayers of Florida.” “Governor Scott will have a tough fight on his hands to overcome the forces of [...]

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From Roll Call via Third Party and Independent Daily: New York state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin was chosen Monday to be the GOP’s representative in the special election to replace Rep. Chris Lee (R) in the Empire State’s 26th district. The nomination of the establishment favorite, while celebrated by local Republican officials Monday night, drew an [...]

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We previously reported here at IPR that former Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin might be entertaining the idea of running for Governor of Montana, either under the label of the Constitution Party or as a Republican. Now Baldwin is making news again, this time for a statement he has made in a number of [...]

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Lubbock Left, a blog hosted but not edited by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Social conservatives and libertarians don’t get along. Here’s a FOX News opinion piece about the recent CPAC Conference illustrating that point. (To my friends on the right: yes, I occasionally read FOX News, holding my nose the whole time.) Social conservatives can’t stand [...]

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Pat Dixon’s column introduced by Brad Ploeger at Libertarian Party blog: The Libertarian Party of Texas’s Chairman, Pat Dixon, wrote an excellent piece and with his permission I am reposting it here on LP.org the original post may be found here. "I don’t know why you feel compelled to support a queer lifestyle when there [...]

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Ballot Access News: In 2010, a new party called the Tea Party qualified for the Florida ballot. Many of the Tea Party nominees had their ballot positions challenged in lawsuits filed by various Republicans. For a summary of these lawsuits, see this web page of “Central Florida Republicans.” Most of these lawsuits have been dismissed. [...]

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WASHINGTON – According to The Hill, House Republicans have just announced that they will seek appropriations for the rest of 2011 that are $32 billion below current spending levels. LP Chair Mark Hinkle commented, “The Tea Party supporters have been betrayed. These cuts are so small, you need a microscope to find them.” Hinkle continued, [...]

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