Virgil Goode has won the Presidential nomination of the Constitution Party on the first ballot, winning a majority of 203 votes. He made it clear, prior to the vote, that his choice for Vice Presidential candidate is outgoing Chairman Jim Clymer of Pennsylvania.…
Posts published in April 2012
Constitution Party Platform Updates
By RedPhillips on April 21, 2012 7:42 AM
A couple of issues were brought before the Convention as a whole based on petition.
The Social Security plank failed on a voice vote. The estimate I received was around 75% to 25%.…
Lee Wrights: Freedom Is Agreeable
By Brian Irving on April 21, 2012 12:01 AM
BURNET, Texas (April 21) – Every day during this campaign I’ve become more and more convinced that it’s vitally important for the Libertarian Party to recruit and train good libertarian messengers.…
Weigel and Larison Respond to WaPo Americans Elect Story
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 6:06 PM
Both Dave Weigel and Daniel Larison have commented on the Washington Post Americans Elect story below.
…Currently, the AE front page is a study in hilarious contrasts.
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Washington Post Story on Americans Elect’s Struggles
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 5:44 PM
The Washington Post had this recent story on Americans Elect’s trouble cathing fire:
Last July, a well-funded nonprofit group called Americans Elect announced it had found a new and more honorable path to the White House.
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NEWS FLASH: Darrell Castle to Seek Constitution Party Nomination
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 2:33 PM
This just in from our source: Darrell Castle of Tennessee will seek the Constitution Party nomination. Don Grundmann of California will as well.
Update I: Was in error.…
Rep. Cynthia Davis Responds to Chuck Baldwin at Constitution Party Convention
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 2:26 PM
According to our man on the scene, Rep. Cynthia Davis of Missouri, who is running for Lt. Gov., just read a terse message that Chuck Baldwin sent her saying he didn’t think her campaign for Lt.
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Constitution Party Platform Wrap-Up
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 2:03 PM
According to our man on the inside, the platform remains “90-95% of what it was from 2008.”
The new platform, with revisions, “runs 20 pages of small print.”…
Constitution Party Chairmanship Race Update
By RedPhillips on April 20, 2012 1:50 PM
According to Cody Quirk, Frank Fluckiger, the current Western States Area Chairman, will be competing for the national chairmanship against previously announced candidate Randall Stufflebeam.…