The Austin Chronicle of Texas reports that “while Democrats are looking to knock Republicans out at the state level, the GOP is facing serious challenges from Libertarians over who the real party of opposition is in Travis County.…
Posts published in August 2008
Pollina’s independent switch could cost him
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 14, 2008 9:59 PM
PolitickerVT informs us that independent Vermont Gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina may have found himself facing a major campaign finance obstacle he was not expecting:
Independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina’s campaign will review a hard copy of the Vermont pre-campaign finance reform law from 1997 tonight after learning several days ago from the secretary of state’s office it may have to return approximately $28,000 in campaign contributions due to his switch from the Progressive Party.
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McKinney on 911 Truth Internet Radio show
By Gregg Jocoy on August 14, 2008 9:41 PM
Hosted by No Lies Radio, the program features Green congressional candidate Carol Brouillet, California Green and McKinney team member Bruno Bruhwiler, Jason King of 911 Truth, and is moderated by Paul Deslauriers, grassroots organizer for the same group.…
George Phillies: Wes Benedict ‘totally unfit’ to be LP exec. director
By Administrative Team on August 14, 2008 4:42 PM
George Phillies, who sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and will be on the ballot as a Libertarian in New Hampshire, says Wes Benedict, who recently applied for the LP’s vacant executive directorship, is “totally unfit for the position.”…
Barr won’t debate other third-party candidates
By Administrative Team on August 14, 2008 1:46 PM
Reason‘s Dave Weigel recently asked Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr if he would debate other third-party candidates. He said no, and reasoned that the Libertarian Party — unlike the Greens or Constitution Party — is a truly “national” party.…
Rhodes Cook: Third parties could have ‘significant role’ in presidential race
By PJO on August 14, 2008 6:40 AM
Rhodes Cook, a senior columnist for Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball ’08, takes a detailed look at the role of, and potential impact of, third party candidates in this year’s presidential election.…
Baldwin, Barr, Keyes to address Minutemen event during Democratic convention
By PJO on August 14, 2008 3:18 AM
The AP reports three presidential candidates — Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin, Libertarian Bob Barr, and America’s Independent Party candidate Alan Keyes — will speak at a rally organized by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver later this month.…
Socialist Workers Party on Louisiana ballot
By PJO on August 14, 2008 3:16 AM
Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Advocate reported Tuesday that the Socialist Workers Party “became the first party Monday to get a presidential candidate on Louisiana’s Nov. 4 ballot.…
Virginia newspaper says LP’s Barr should be in debates
By PJO on August 14, 2008 3:15 AM
Virginia’s Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star has a favorable editorial about Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr this morning, saying that while Barr is not going to win the presidency, he “may influence the profligate Republican Party, which he says ‘left me,’ to readopt the small-government principles of Ronald Reagan, who made him proud to be in the GOP.