I arrived at Reagan National Airport around 5pm today and made my way over to the hotel shuttle area. The Marriott shuttle arrived about 20 minutes later.…
Posts published in “Day: October 10, 2008”
IPR 14-candidate presidential poll update
By PJO on October 10, 2008 3:47 AM
With just under 1,000 votes cast, the unscientific online IPR 14-candidate presidential poll stands as follows: Charles Jay (Boston Tea) 28.2%, Bob Barr (Libertarian) 17.7%, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) 13.2%, John McCain (Republican) 8.0%, Ralph Nader (Independent) 7.9%, Barack Obama (Democrat) 7.5%, Tom Stevens (Objectivist) 5.6%, Alan Keyes (America’s Independent) 4.3%, Cynthia McKinney (Green) 2.2%, Brian Moore (Socialist) 0.6%, Gloria La Riva (Socialism and Liberation) 0.5%, Gene Amondson (Prohibition) 0.1%, Roger Calero (Socialist Workers) 0.1%, Ted Weill (Reform) 0.0%, Someone else 2.2%, Will not vote 2.0%.…
Nader campaigns in Lawrence, Kansas
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:48 AM
KSNT.com reports independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader campaigned in Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday evening, where “hundreds gathered” to hear him speak. Nader said he “believes he and his running mate, Matt Gonzalez, will receive millions of votes on November 4th, despite the fact that some have called him a ‘spoiler’ in previous elections.”…
Financial crisis could provide opening for Barr
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:46 AM
The AP writes that with taxpayers “stuck with the bill” due to the federal financial rescue package, “Libertarian candidate Bob Barr couldn’t have scripted a better story line to argue that Republicans and Democrats are interchangeable — with a helpless addiction to spending.…
Paul’s support for Baldwin ‘seems to have evaporated’
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:45 AM
Independent Weekly‘s Matt Saldana writes that following a “tepid endorsement from Rep. Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin “is counting on a miracle in his run for president on the Constitution Party ticket.”…
Barkley polling 14 to 19 percent in Minnesota U.S. Senate race
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:44 AM
Two recent Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute polls on the Minnesota U.S. Senate race both find Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 14 percent, while a Survey USA poll has Barkley at 19 percent and a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota Poll had Barkley at 18 percent.…
Kentucky Libertarian U.S. House candidate Martin disqualified
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:41 AM
WLKY.com reports Ed Martin, the Libertarian candidate for Kentucky’s Third District U.S. House seat, has been disqualified. The Kentucky Court of Appeals “handed down its ruling Thursday, saying Martin is registered as a Republican, not a Libertarian, and that any votes for him will not be counted.…
Libertarian Redpath speaks at Virginia Commonwealth University
By PJO on October 10, 2008 1:28 AM
Libertarian National Committee Chairman Bill Redpath, the LP candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia, spoke Wednesday evening at Virginia Commonwealth University. A video of his appearance starts below; subsequent segments may be found here.…