Wisconsin’s La Crosse Tribune reports Ben Olson III will challenge Kevin Barrett for the Libertarian nomination in the state’s Third U.S. House District because “he doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea about Libertarians.”…
Posts published in June 2008
Obama campaign manager says Barr could swing election
By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:21 AM
Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Bob Barr, “running for president on the Libertarian line, could play a crucial role in winning Obama the presidency,” The Politico reports.…
Actor runs for U.S. Senate in Kentucky as Libertarian
By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:15 AM
In a story that is getting picked up by many newspapers and websites, the AP reports Sonny Landham, who “played Billy Bear in ’48 Hours’ and was killed by an alien in ‘Predator,'” is running for U.S.…
Barr/Root ticket makes Nebraska ballot
By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:10 AM
The Libertarian Party’s national ticket of Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root has qualified for the Nebraska ballot, the AP reports. LP activists needed “about 6,000 signatures from voters and say they gathered nearly 10,000.…
Party for Socialism and Liberation now on ballot in three states
By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:08 AM
The Party for Socialism and Liberation has annouced that its national ticket has achieved ballot status in three states — Arkansas, Colorado, and Vermont. The party is “in the final stages for ballot status” in Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, and Utah, and is working on ballot access for the Gloria LaRiva/Eugene Puryear ticket in states including California, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.…
Nader calls running for president ‘the rational approach’
By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:03 AM
The Washington Post ran a Style section profile of Ralph Nader on Wednesday. The article says Nader “still gets hate mail. Strangers stop him to dress him down.…
Constitution Party candidate for U.S. Senate in conflict with party platform
By Editorial Team on June 26, 2008 12:02 AM
The three confirmed candidates to replace Carl Levin as U.S. Senator from Michigan are all courting Ron Paul supporters. The Republican Jack Hoogendyk has his problems from the Paulian perspective, and he seems to be pursuing Paul supporters less aggressively than the Libertarian (Scotty Boman) and the Constitution Party candidate (Mike Nikitin), who are both members a common mailing list for Michigan Ron Paul supporters.…
Nader, Obama, and race
By Editorial Team on June 25, 2008 5:16 PM
“There’s only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate,” says Ralph Nader. “He’s half African-American.”
But Nader isn’t sure that this will result in any real differences between an Obama presidency and other recent administrations Nader has been critical of:
“I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos.…
July 4 ‘money bomb’ for Munger, Buckley, Boman, and Gatties
By Editorial Team on June 25, 2008 4:25 PM
Steve Newton of the Delaware Libertarian blog is encouraging Libertarians to part with $40 this Independence Day, and donate $10 each to four candidates he finds most deserving: Michael Munger, Allen Buckley, Scotty Boman, and Jason Gatties.…