A press release from the Modern Whig Party:
The Modern Whig Party has established a Future Voters Chapter catering to politically aware students who are not yet old enough to vote.…
Posts published in November 2008
Georgia Libertarian Allen Buckley expresses possible preference for Democrat Jim Martin in US Senate runoff
By paulie on November 19, 2008 3:11 PM
The Senate Guru blog at Huffington Post has the following:
Allen Buckley was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2008. On Election Day, Buckley took 3.4% of the vote.
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Les evenchick: Malik Rahim campaign needs volunteers more than it needs money right now
By paulie on November 19, 2008 2:03 PM
Writing in response to the previous post, Pat LaMarche: Malik Rahim campaign needs money more than it needs volunteers right now, Les evenchick says:
As a volunteer for Malik Rahim in New Orleans, I don’t understand Pat’s comment.
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Root says he is ‘an absolute favorite’ for Las Vegas mayor
By PJO on November 19, 2008 3:21 AM
Dave Weigel, writing at Reason.com, says this year’s Libertarian vice presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root “didn’t figure much into Brian Doherty’s excellent rundown of the LP campaign,” so Weigel talked with Root about the campaign and his future.…
Barrett court hearing rescheduled for December 10
By PJO on November 19, 2008 3:15 AM
Wisconsin’s Baraboo News Republic reports that Libertarian Kevin Barrett “made a brief appearance in court Tuesday, but the case was reset for another day because of a possible new charge by the Sauk County prosecutor.”…
Former independent US Senatorial candidate says it’s not too late to impeach Bush and Cheney
By paulie on November 19, 2008 1:46 AM
OPEN LETTER TO TOM ALLEN:
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGDear Tom,
You and I have spoken over the years about a number of different items for your consideration as a Congressman.
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Pat LaMarche: Malik Rahim campaign needs money more than it needs volunteers right now
By paulie on November 19, 2008 1:41 AM
From California Greening
Pat LaMarche […] was the Veep candidate who tan with David Cobb in 2004. Well, not being one to just talk about things, she is down in New Orleans helping out with Malik Rahim’s campaign.
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Georgia Libertarian endorses Democrat in Public Service Commissioner runoff
By paulie on November 18, 2008 10:24 PM
Georgia voters vote on December 2 in two partisan run-off elections, for U.S. Senate and for Public Service Commission. In the Public Service Commission race, neither the Democrat nor the Republican had polled 50% because of the presence of the Libertarian nominee, Brandon Givens.
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Joel S. Hirschhorn: A new political party is needed
By Ross Levin on November 18, 2008 9:50 PM
Submitted to IPR by Joel S. Hirschhorn via [email protected]:
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5 million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for Barack Obama and John McCain.…