Allan Stevo, an independent candidate for the 10th District U.S. House seat in Illinois, filed legal papers in federal court this week, seeking to prevent the state from printing ballots for the November election while his lawsuit seeking ballot access proceeds, the Highland Park News reports.…
Posts published in August 2008
Gingrich called ‘clueless’ for prediction about Barr, Lieberman
By PJO on August 15, 2008 10:58 PM
In a post on the New York Observer website, Steve Kornacki says a “clueless” Newt Gingrich adopted “kooky logic” in arguing that if Sen. Joseph Lieberman becomes John McCain’s running mate, Libertarian Bob Barr could get 15% of the national popular vote.…
Pennsylvania LP unveils state ticket
By PJO on August 15, 2008 10:55 PM
The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party “has rounded out its list of candidates for the top of the ticket in this year’s election,” and “substituted candidates for several who qualified for the ballot by the Aug.…
Zogby: 55% want Barr, 46% Nader, to join debates
By PJO on August 15, 2008 9:47 PM
A new Zogby poll finds that “More than half of likely voters nationwide — 55% — want Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr to participate in presidential debates this fall, while nearly half – 46% — said they think Ralph Nader should be allowed into the on-stage fray.”…
Barr campaign to file suit against Saddleback Church
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 15, 2008 6:43 PM
In a press release issued today, the Bob Barr campaign has announced that it will file for a preliminary injunction against Orange County, California’s Saddleback Church, presided over by Pastor Rick Warren:
“It is our opinion that the Saddleback Church forum failed to publish any pre-established, objective criteria for inviting candidates to the event,” says Russell Verney, Barr’s campaign manager.
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Top 10 independent/third-party candidates of 2008: Bird, Pollina, Sheehan lead the way
By Administrative Team on August 15, 2008 5:22 PM
Earlier this week, IPR correspondent Trent Hill unveiled the first batch, #6-10, of IPR’s Top 10 third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 election season.…
Antle says Barr, not Phillies, should be on Massachusetts ballot
By PJO on August 15, 2008 2:33 AM
W. James Antle III of the American Spectator writes in the Boston Globe this morning that Bob Barr “has performed better in national polls than any Libertarian Party presidential candidate in history,†and in Massachusetts, “polls have showed Barr winning as much as 5 percent of the vote — 2 points more than Libertarians need to regain automatic ballot access.…
Constitution Party candidate has one-on-one race for Oregon U.S. House seat
By PJO on August 15, 2008 2:32 AM
Oregon’s Albany Democrat-Herald reports Jaynee Germond “is campaigning for Congress on a novel platform: Obey the U.S. Constitution.†The Constitution Party nominee for the state’s Fourth District U.S.…
Jewish publication profiles Libertarian VP candidate Root
By PJO on August 15, 2008 2:30 AM
The Jewish Exponent has a piece on Wayne Allyn Root under the headline “Libertarian Candidate For V.P. One Of The Fold.†Root “was raised as a Reform Jew and became a Bar Mitzvah at Sinai Free Synagogue of Mount Vernon, N.Y.