Art Carden of Forbes wrote an article articulating the problems with voting for the two major parties. He explains that certain states will always swing one way or another, and so to send a message it would be best to find a candidate that best aligns with your views, because voting for a third party candidate is not a wasted voted.…
Posts published in June 2012
Johnson Online Town Hall with Alexander McCobin and more media coverage
By Austin Battenberg on June 29, 2012 12:54 AM
Gary Johnson participated in an online town hall with Alexander McCobin of Students for Liberty. They go over what the SFL stands for, getting into the debates, the SCOTUS ruling on healthcare, Ron Paul, the coming economic collapse, and a host of other substantial issues.…
Stein leads Johnson, trails Obama and Romney in MA
By Austin Battenberg on June 29, 2012 12:27 AM
On Wednesday, June 27, PPP released a new poll in the state of Massachusetts that included both Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein. This is one of the first polls conducted with both candidates, and is also Johnson’s lowest state poll numbers to date.…
LP Oregon: Nominating Convention Selects Candidates for November Ballot
By Aaron Starr on June 28, 2012 11:51 PM
The below press release from the Reeves faction of the Libertarian Party of Oregon (LPO) was sent after their recent nominating convention conducted according to bylaws adopted by delegates at convention.…
Durham-López campaign on opposing the far right
By Austin Battenberg on June 28, 2012 5:03 PM
Stephen Durham and Christina López, Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates of the Freedom Socialist Party released the following campaign statement via email.
For a united socialist electoral alternative to the ultra-right
The far right is growing in the U.S.…
Jill Stein: Romneycare and Obamacare are class warfare and failures
By Austin Battenberg on June 28, 2012 4:52 PM
Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein didn’t have too many good things to say about the recent Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. Despite Stein’s support of medicare for all, she clearly does not support the health care measures pursued by Romney or by President Obama.…
Jill Stein: 3 days left to change the presidential health care debate
By Austin Battenberg on June 28, 2012 4:43 PM
The following email is from Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein.
As the Stein campaign closes in on federal matching funds, five leading advocates for Medicare for All have released a letter advocating support for Dr.…
Gary Johnson Comments on SCOTUS Healthcare Ruling
By Jill Pyeatt on June 28, 2012 2:03 PM
Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party’s candidate for President. He has posted this to his website:
GOV. GARY JOHNSON CALLS SCOTUS HEALTH CARE RULING AN “INCREDIBLE BLOW TO BEDROCK PRINCIPLES”
June 28 2012, Santa Fe, NM – Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s health care ruling:
“It has been clear for a while that we need a new President and a new Congress.…
Libertarian Party: Why a President Romney Would be More Dangerous than President Obama
By Austin Battenberg on June 28, 2012 12:58 PM
The Libertarian Party released a press release following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare. It entails why electing Mitt Romney for President would be disastrous.
Republicans fiercely oppose, and often defeat Democratic Party attempts to massively expand government involvement in Health Care – such as HillaryCare.
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