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Barr defeats Lee Wrights for LNC

By Austin Cassidy on May 23, 2008 4:39 PM

I just heard from someone that Bob Barr defeated Lee Wrights, of the Mary Ruwart campaign, for a seat on the Libertarian National Committee. The margin of victory was pretty close, apparently Barr won by only two votes.…

Debate preview to air tonight on C-SPAN

By Austin Cassidy on May 23, 2008 4:03 PM

At 8pm tonight it looks like C-SPAN is planning to air something of a preview of the Libertarian Party’s Saturday debate. This is the programming blurb from their website…

David Weigel, Associate Editor for Reason Magazine, discusses the upcoming debate between the Libertarian Party’s presidential contenders.

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Rumor: The LP may rehire Shane Cory

By Austin Cassidy on May 23, 2008 2:34 PM

I just heard an interesting rumor from a friend who is attending the LP convention in Denver. Apparently he reports that there is talk of the LP rehiring Shane Cory.…

Rumor ended: Tucker Carlson won’t run

By Trent Hill on May 23, 2008 1:53 PM

Jake Trapper, over at the ABC news blog, has the newest scoop on his friend Tucker Carlson and the Libertarian Party nomination.

In any case, Carlson tells me that he ultimately decided not to run.

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Report: Starchild calls out Gravel

By Administrative Team on May 23, 2008 1:45 AM

During a forum hosted by Libertarians for Justice, Starchild asked presidential candidate Mike Gravel how he could support coercive taxation for things like education and healthcare, while still claiming to support the core libertarian idea that people should be able to do whatever they liked with their own property, so long as they did not initiate force against others.…