November 9, 2026
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The following is posted at McKinney’s campaign website.
Statement by Cynthia McKinney,
Power to the People Candidate for U.S. President, on the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate in 2008
(statement issued June 9, 2008)
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton announced that her 2008 presidential bid is over, making Barack Obama the first-ever Black presidential nominee of a major party in the history of the United States.…
Media release from Augustson for Congress:
Green Party Congressional Candidate Alan Augustson (IL, CD-05) would consider an offer to run as the party’s Vice Presidential nominee, according to a media release distributed by the Augustson campaign.…
Press release from Bob Barr:
Time to Remove Troops from South Korea, Says Bob Barr
Atlanta, GA — Defense Secretary Robert Gates just returned from a trip to South Korea, where he reaffirmed America’s defense commitment, including the presence of nearly 29,000 troops.…
Tomorrow, Independent Political Report turns three weeks old. Since debuting on May 21, we have served over 92,000 pages and had nearly 25,000 unique visits.
Today, our dedicated server locked up for 30 minutes due to excessive traffic.…
Editor’s Note: Although the letter is co-signed by Mr. Austin Wilkes and Ms. Shana Kluck, Ms.Kluck has expressed her intent to stay in the Libertarian Party.…
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential nominee and Peace and Freedom VP hopeful Stewart Alexander published a short article on Bay Area Indymedia today criticizing Congress’s ethanol production targets for 2022 as “direct competition with the food supply.”…
The Libertarian Party’s Web site has been redesigned and relaunched. We heard promises from Bill Redpath that a new design was in the works during the Chairman’s debate in Denver.…
The Democrats and Republicans have their national committees, and so do smaller parties. Often we only see the headlines and don’t see what happened behind the scenes to make those headlines.…
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr appeared on Glenn Beck’s nationally televised show for the full hour Friday. Beck conducted the interview respectfully, allowing Barr a full opportunity to articulate his positions.…