A representative of the Boston Tea Party filed paperwork with the Flordia Secretary of State yesterday, formally declaring the BTP to be an officially organized party in the Sunshine State.…
Posts published in July 2008
Getting noticed by Cable News Network
By Gregg Jocoy on July 12, 2008 8:08 PM
If you visit CNN you can push their story about McKinney winning the nomination to an even more prominent position on their website, and maybe even on TV.…
Corporate media reports on Green convention
By Gregg Jocoy on July 12, 2008 7:56 PM
As the Green Party convention moves forward, news from the corporate media is beginning to come in. To find the links just click the title above.…
More from Chicago
By Gregg Jocoy on July 12, 2008 6:25 PM
Let me begin by explaining that I am not in Chicago, so I can’t report news personally. What I can do is provide links to others who are blogging from Chicago.…
Cynthia McKinney wins Green Nomination in 1st round of balloting
By Gregg Jocoy on July 12, 2008 4:12 PM
Full details at Green Party Watch.
Final vote:
McKinney 313 of 541
Nader 78.5
Swift 38.5
Mesplay 35
Johnson 32.5
Brown 9
Hawkins 8
Ball 8…
Ventura meets with advisers, will announce plans Monday night
By PJO on July 12, 2008 3:00 AM
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports this morning that Jesse Ventura “met with advisers on Friday to map out what a quick leap into Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race might look like, although advisers say he still has not made a final decision.…
McKinney in lead as Greens prepare to select nominee
By PJO on July 12, 2008 2:58 AM
With Green Party delegates poised to select a presidential nominee this morning, NewsBlaze runs down the contenders and their standings, saying that “with 419 votes needed to win the nomination, former George Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney leads the delegate race with 304.5 delegates.”…
‘The Week’ profiles ‘The Rise of the Libertarians’
By PJO on July 12, 2008 2:55 AM
The news media summary magazine The Week devotes a page in its current issue to “The Rise of the Libertarians,” saying members of the Libertarian Party “prize individual freedom above all, and believe that government should play the smallest possible role in the economy and in people’s lives.”…
No Indiana gubernatorial run for Waterman
By PJO on July 12, 2008 2:53 AM
The AP reports Indiana GOP state senator John Waterman will not qualify for the ballot as gubernatorial candidate of “a newly formed Taxpayers Party,” which “would have required him to get more than 32,000 signatures from registered voters by June 30.”…