In a detailed article at Ocala.com, Bill Thompson profiles the Florida Whig Party and its chairman, Paul Truesdell, providing background on the party’s history and current leadership, and emphasizing the steady rise in voters who are not affiliated with either of the major parties in the Sunshine State.…
Posts published in January 2010
Joe Kennedy updates: internet ads, Israel/Palestine position, marijuana legalization
By IPR Contributor on January 3, 2010 12:02 AM
Two new internet radio ads for Joe Kennedy from RightMarch PAC:
http://www.rightmarch.com/media/JoeKennedy1.mp3
http://www.rightmarch.com/media/JoeKennedy2.mp3
Joe Kennedy on Israel / Palestine
I am a Pro-Israel candidate and I support the Israel barrier also known as the separation or security fence as it is an effective solution in providing safety to the Israel civilian population.…
Huffington Post: ‘We Need More Parties’
By Jordan Willow Evans on January 2, 2010 11:43 PM
By way of The Whig:
Excerpts from Huffington Post: We Need More Parties
But what if both parties split at the same time? What if we ended up with four parties instead of two?…
Socialist Webzine: ‘Healthcare Bill a Nightmare Before Christmas’
By Jordan Willow Evans on January 2, 2010 11:23 PM
Billy Wharton at Socialist Webzine:
Call it the nightmare before Christmas or Santa’s lump of healthcare coal. Either title captures the disastrous qualities of the healthcare reform bill passed by Senate on Thursday.
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Joe Kennedy – 2009 post archive
By Jordan Willow Evans on January 2, 2010 10:29 PM
Since IPR has been covering Joe Kennedy‘s participation in the Massachusetts US Senate special election to replace Ted Kennedy a lot lately, here’s another compilation post as an easy reference to all the articles.…
Libertarian Party elected officials
By Jordan Willow Evans on January 2, 2010 4:24 PM
Sent by Scott Lieberman to [email protected]:
Wes Benedict and Art DiBianca have worked hard over the past few months on this project, and they just posted a list of Elected Libertarians on the LP web site.…
Women’s Interests and Third Party Politics
By d.eris on January 2, 2010 3:19 PM
An article at The New Agenda makes the case that the Democratic and Republican Parties consider women voters to be “expendable and exploitable,” and argues that women’s interests would be better served through third party activism:
both parties seem to have taken all of their constituencies for granted, but women are the most expendable and exploitable .
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State Rep. Sandy Haas: ‘Vermont Can Still Lead on Healthcare’
By Ross Levin on January 2, 2010 12:53 PM
Vermont Progressive Party State Representative Sandy Haas posted the following at the Prog Blog:
In his December 16 St. Albans Messenger editorial, Emerson Lynn asserted that the Vermont legislature should not “waste time” talking about health care reform.…
Wayne Root – Top Ten Conservatives in Nevada
By Bruce Cohen on January 2, 2010 11:57 AM
Thursday, December 31, 2009, 6:00 PM
Nevada News and Views
by Chuck Muth
http://nevadanewsandviews.com/2009/12/31/the-2009- top-10-conservatives-in-nevada/
“#9 – Wayne Allyn Root
I know, W.A.R. isn’t technically a conservative.…