Independent Eliot Cutler recently sat down with some of his Democratic and Republican opponents (there are also many other independents running) at a forum on natural resources in Maine, sponsored by businesses in that area. …
Posts published in March 2010
Sal Peralta on the Independence of Independents: Independent Party Can Be Source of “Moderate, Pragamtic Reform”
By d.eris on March 16, 2010 8:15 PM
Sal Peralta, the Secretary of the Independent Party of Oregon, writes in to the Massachusetts Patriot Ledger to take issue with an editorial from earlier in the month, in which the paper mocked the very idea of an “independent” political party.…
Maine Green Party Will Have no Candidate for Governor
By Ross Levin on March 16, 2010 10:36 AM
Reposted from Ballot Access News:
On March 15, Lynne Williams announced that her petition drive to get on the Green Party’s primary ballot for Governor will not succeed.
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Poli-Tea: ‘Duopolist Bias and Third Party Media Strategy: Press Blackout? Light Some Candles and Turn on a Flashlight’
By on March 15, 2010 6:44 PM
Posted at Poli-Tea:
In the corporate media and mainstream political press, advocates of third party and independent politics are like Schroedinger’s cat: they exist and they do not exist at the very same time.…
New Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial on Use of State Resources in Challenge to Nader 2004 Petition
By Jordan Willow Evans on March 15, 2010 6:36 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer of March 11 has this editorial, focusing attention on the fact that the challenge to Ralph Nader’s 2004 Pennsylvania petition was illegally carried out with state resources and state employees.…
Libertarian Party Monday Message: Join our growing list of 263 candidates
By Jordan Willow Evans on March 15, 2010 6:31 PM
Via email and LP blog:
Dear Friend of Liberty,
I gave a speech to the Libertarian Party of Maryland state convention on
Saturday about how “Libertarians Candidates Make a Difference.”…
California Democracy Act is endorsed by Peace and Freedom Party
By Jordan Willow Evans on March 15, 2010 6:19 PM
Video posted front and center at peaceandfreedom.org:
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Independent Libertarian’s Campaign for Congress Gaining Attention and Momentum in Pennsylvania
By d.eris on March 15, 2010 5:28 PM
Jake Towne’s independent libertarian campaign for congress in Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district first caught my attention last August, when he unveiled his concept of the “open office“.…
Stephen Unger: Can Progressives Declare Independence?
By Ross Levin on March 15, 2010 2:05 PM
Posted at OpEdNews (read the full thing here):
For decades now, the great majority of progressives, particularly those in leadership roles, as well as, labor unions, have supported the Democrats unconditionally.
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