Timid GOP members may cave to avoid across-the-board cuts
By Wayne Allyn Root – The Washington Times
The congressional supercommittee tasked with cutting the debt is almost out of time.…
Posts published in November 2011
CP-Pres: Ex-Rep. Virgil Goode “sounded like a candidate,” says he’ll decide “by January or February”
By Jeremy C. Young on November 21, 2011 8:29 PM
Virgil Goode, who served as Virginia’s 5th District Congressman from 1997-2009, gave a speech at the Lancaster County Constitution Party’s quarterly breakfast meeting. According to Jane Holahan of the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Goode “sounded like a candidate” for the CP’s presidential nomination.…
LP Nat Com Rejects JC Decision re Oregon
By Bruce Cohen on November 21, 2011 12:16 PM
From Alicia Mattson’s email to voting members of the LP National Board:
“Voting “aye”: Eshelman, Karlan, Knedler, Lark, Mattson, Redpath,
Root, Rutherford, Sink-Burris, Visek, Wiener, Wolf
Voting “nay”: Blau, Craig, Olsen, Ploeger, Ruwart
With a final vote tally of 12-5, the motion PASSES.…
Richard Rider: Caution! Be circumspect of Wayne Root’s latest hustle
By Jill Pyeatt on November 19, 2011 11:43 PM
Email from Richard Rider:
Wayne Allyn Root has been a very effective spokesperson for liberty. Not perfect, but a much better communicator than most libertarians. That is perhaps both his strength and his weakness.…
Lee Wrights: President Obama Calls Over-Regulated American Business Lazy
By Brian Irving on November 18, 2011 11:05 PM
by R. Lee Wrights
BURNET, Texas (Nov. 19) – President Obama has found something else to blame for the recession, adding to a list that includes his Republican predecessors, the weather, and fortune.…
Former Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Found Homeless in Ukraine
By Trent Hill on November 18, 2011 12:01 AM
This article details how and why a former Green Party candidate for Governor of Arizona was found homeless in the Ukraine. Apparently he was the victim of a scam and went to the Ukraine looking for “a mate”.…
Paul and Bloomberg Polled in 3-Way Race
By Trent Hill on November 17, 2011 11:42 PM
Recent polling has Ron Paul gaining ground in the GOP primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire. However, this poll produced some interesting results, too, with Ron Paul and Michael Bloomberg both serving as a third party candidate in three-way polling.…
Buddy Roemer Hints At Independent Run for President
By Trent Hill on November 17, 2011 9:51 PM
Buddy Roemer is a former Governor of Louisiana who has failed to make a splash in his run for the GOP nomination for President. Having failed to raise much money or get into most of the debates this year, Roemer is now considering continuing his run for President as an independent.…
Political backlash toward libertarian ideas is promising”
By Marc Montoni on November 16, 2011 9:38 PM
From an article published in the Loyola Phoenix, By Will Livesley-O’Neill:
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for libertarianism, which means it’s been a good couple of weeks for me – and for America!…