Trump is at it again:
Trump told CNN if he runs, it will be as an independent.
“I would seriously consider [running] as an independent, “Trump said.
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Posts published in August 2011
Alexander Cockburn on a Third Party or Primary Challenger for Obama
By RedPhillips on August 8, 2011 5:07 PM
Here is an op-ed from Alexander Cockburn about the perceived shortcomings of Obama from a liberal perspective. In it he addresses a possible third party challenge to Obama from the left (He thinks it is too late.)…
Three Philadelphia Greens file ballot access petitions, including one not endorsed by the local party
By Ross Levin on August 7, 2011 3:47 PM
From Philly.com:
Candidates seeking the Green imprimatur must attend monthly membership meetings and present their platforms. The members then vote on whether the candidates can carry the banner.
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Lee Wrights: Communist Party chair endorses ‘lesser of two evils’
By Brian Irving on August 6, 2011 11:05 PM
by R. Lee Wrights
BURNET, Texas (Aug. 7) – Even though he said he was “disappointed” by “some aspects” of President Obama’s domestic and foreign policy, the chairman of the Communist Party has endorsed the President for reelection in 2012.…
Nader’s warnings to rating agencies
By Kimberly Wilder on August 6, 2011 3:52 AM
Via onthewilderside.com
Published at Nader.org
Ralph Nader ran for President with the Green Party, and more recently as an independent candidate. Below is an excerpt from a 7/28/2011 post at Nader’s nonpartisan website.…
Chaplain of the Alabama Constitution Party Arrested for Trespass While Protesting Abortion Clinic
By RedPhillips on August 5, 2011 4:12 PM
From an e-mail form Judge Roy Moore, who is widely rumored to be a potential Constitution Party candidate himself:
The Foundation for Moral Law, a national pro-life, religious-liberties organization, announced today that its attorneys will defend two Montgomery, Alabama, pro-life activists arrested in front of an abortion clinic for trying to avoid a sprinkler that is used to spray pro-life speakers on the public sidewalk.
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“DJ” Mikolay:”Former Senator Dean Barkley: Tea Partier Extraordinaire?”
By Gene Berkman on August 5, 2011 2:38 PM
DJ Mikolay, a founder of the New Jersey Reform Party, looks at a Minnesota maverick in this appreciation:
..almost all Tea Party activists are united in the demands for a smaller federal government, lower taxes, Congressional term limits, and a balanced budget.…
Ralph Nader Says Obama Will Have a Primary Challenger
By RedPhillips on August 5, 2011 1:45 PM
Nader made it clear that the president’s repeated failure of leadership is reason enough he should be challenged for the Democratic Party nomination…
Nader indicated ”another chapter” in the move to get a viable primary challenger to Barack Obama will unfold within the next week and a half.
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Constitution Party of North Carolina Moneybomb this Weekend
By RedPhillips on August 4, 2011 9:03 PM
From Gary Odom:
The Constitution Party of North Carolina has risen, almost literally, from the ashes in the last couple of years to become one of the Constitution Party’s most dynamic state affiliates.…