While the mainstream media channels often provide very little coverage to third party national conventions, C-SPAN is going to provide fairly extensive coverage of the 2012 Libertarian Party National Convention.…
Posts published in May 2012
Johnson Says He’s Been Vetted by the Libertarian Party
By Trent Hill on May 2, 2012 4:47 PM
Over at the New York Times blog, The Caucus, Gary Johnson has been interviewed and delivers some key messages on the future of his candidacy. He also states how he feels about his nomination chances.…
Libertarians 4 Peace Issue Press Release
By Jill Pyeatt on May 2, 2012 4:41 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2012
Contact: 202-635-3739
LIBERTARIANS FOR PEACE
ENCOURAGES STRONG NONINTERVENTIONIST CANDIDATES,
CRITICIZES LIBERTARIAN PARTY “ISRAEL LOBBY” LEADER
On the eve of the Libertarian Party’s 2012 National Convention – celebrating the party’s 40th
anniversary – members of Libertarians for Peace caucus of the party encourage the Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates to promote the strong pro-peace and noninterventionist platform of the
Libertarian Party which reads:
American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world.…
Cynthia Davis Says Things Are Getting Worse
By Trent Hill on May 2, 2012 3:01 AM
The Lt. Governor candidate of the Constitution Party of Missouri is former Representative Cynthia Davis, who recently gave an interview to KTVO in Missouri.
After serving four terms in the House representing St.
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Virgil Goode Polling 5% in Virginia
By Trent Hill on May 1, 2012 3:16 PM
Virgil Goode is a former Congressman from Virginia as well as the current Presidential nominee of the Constitution Party. He has lived in Virginia all his life and the family name “Goode” means something in the area due to he and his father’s political careers.…
Will California AIP Put Virgil Goode on the Ballot?
By Jordan Willow Evans on May 1, 2012 11:56 AM
The ballot qualified American Independent Party in California, which was allied with the Constitution Party and its predecessor, the US Taxpayers Party, for the purpose of presidential ballot access from 1992 to 2004, was taken over by a faction that supported Alan Keyes in 2008.…
IPR Open Thread for May 2012
By Jordan Willow Evans on May 1, 2012 12:01 AM
Sorry for being late in posting this, I usually try to do this on the 1st but was without internet the last few days.
This is thread to discuss whatever applies to alt parties and independent candidates, and from time to time other stuff, but is not being discussed in a specific thread.…