Health Care Redux: Why Opponents of Obamacare Should Support the Libertarian Party
Cross-posted from Poli-Tea. Under ten days after Obamacare was signed into law, leading Republican Senators began to downplay any talk of repealing the measure.... Read more.
Health Care Redux: Why Progressives Should Support the Green Party
Cross-posted from Poli-Tea. As a follow-up to my recent post asking if progressives will finally declare their independence from the Democratic Party in 2010,... Read more.
ME: Republicans Put Independent Cutler Under Surveillance
Independent candidate for governor of Maine Eliot Cutler must be worrying the Republican Governor’s Association. From the Press Herald:
An independent... Read more.
OK Pirate Party Responds to Wikileaks Video: “10 Minute Incident, 3 Year Cover-Up”
From the Pirate Party of Oklahoma:
Wikileaks has released footage from a US Apache helicopter firing and killing Reuters journalists and civilians in Iraq. It appears... Read more.
VT: Third Party Candidate for Governor Arrested at Gubernatorial Debate (Updated with Video Link)
At a recent debate that apparently only included Vermont’s Democratic candidates for governor, independent gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele was arrested... Read more.
Chris Daggett Named CEO of Dodge Foundation
Former independent candidate for governor of New Jersey, Chris Daggett, has been named CEO of the Dodge Foundation. From NJ.com:
As independent candidate for governor... Read more.
Reminder: LP Chair Bill Redpath on the Daily Show Tonight
From the LP blog, as previously noted here:Libertarian Party Chairman William Redpath is scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”... Read more.
Independent Candidates for Governor Gaining Traction in the Northeast
Two recent articles out of Maine and Washington D.C. highlight the independent gubernatorial campaigns of Eliot Cutler in Maine, Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island... Read more.
ME: Independent Cutler is a Serious Contender in Gubernatorial Race
The Morning Sentinel relays a report from the Maine Sunday Telegram on independent candidate for governor of the Pine Tree State, Eliot Cutler. The piece lays... Read more.
Brookings Fellow: “Why not try a third party?”
In a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of divided party government, Isabel Sawhill writes at the Brookings Institution:
My colleagues above make excellent... Read more.