Steve Kubby was a candidate for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2008, and the runner up for the party’s VP nomination in 2008 and 2000. He was also the party’s candidate for Governor of California in 1998.…
Posts published in November 2008
Reason’s Weigel covers Barr-Root election party
By PJO on November 9, 2008 5:49 AM
“Tuesday night Libertarians were a sideshow in a historical event on par with the moon landing,” Dave Weigel writes at Reason.com. At presidential candidate Bob Barr’s election party, “party operators like Stewart Flood and Daniel Adams were checking the progress of John Monds, a black businessman who’d run on the ticket for Georgia Public Services Commissioner.…
Minnesota Independence Party eyes 2010 contests
By PJO on November 9, 2008 5:43 AM
G.R. Anderson writes in the Minnesota Post that Independence Party activists “have their sights set on St. Paul in 2010.” This year, U.S. Senate nominee Dean Barkley “scored more than twice the percentage points he did in Senate bids in 1994 and 1996.…
Durham Herald-Sun praises Libertarian Munger
By PJO on November 9, 2008 5:37 AM
In an editorial this morning, North Carolina’s Durham Herald-Sun writes, “One encouraging outcome of Tuesday’s election, one that might be easy to overlook, was Mike Munger’s showing in the race for governor.…
December elections
By paulie on November 9, 2008 12:06 AM
Most of the elections wrapped up on Tuesday, with only a few close contests still up in the air as votes are being tallied. However, a few will take place next month.…
Baldwin could possibly break records for CP Presidential campaigns
By Trent Hill on November 8, 2008 11:38 PM
The previous record for most votes for a Constitution Party presidential campaign was Howard Phillips’ 1996 campaign in which he recieved 184,820. Chuck Baldwin is within view of this record right now.…
Chuck Baldwin: ‘Buy a gun’
By paulie on November 8, 2008 10:56 PM
Recent Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin, writing in USA Tomorrow.
“He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.” (Luke 22:36 KJV)
Most of us are aware that the heroic actions of a brave woman at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado a few days ago saved the lives of perhaps scores, or even hundreds, of people.
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Less Antman on restoring the Libertarian brand name
By paulie on November 8, 2008 10:38 PM
by Less Antman. Also posted on my blog, among others.
In 1985, the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola committed one of the biggest marketing gaffes in history.…
Minor Parties and Independents elected to state legislatures
By Trent Hill on November 8, 2008 7:19 PM
The Vermont Progressives re-elected four state legislators this year, but lost two seats. The Progressive party legislators who were re-elected are Susan Davis, Sarah Edwards, David Zuckerman, and Sandy Haas.…