IPR’s interview with Bob Bird, Alaska Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate, reveals the pro-life leader and school teacher to be an unusually consistent and principled politician, less concerned with “looking good” than being right.…
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The top 10 of 2008: #10-6
By Trent Hill on August 13, 2008 11:38 PM
I have spent the last couple of days compiling information on the top 10 independent or third-party candidates in the country in 2008. For obvious reasons, this list had to have very specific criterion, otherwise it would have been far too expansive and far too hard to rank.…
Latest Boston Tea Party endorsements, organizational news
By paulie on August 13, 2008 11:37 AM
Latest affiliates and endorsements from the Boston Tea Party
New news at the top 12 August 2008 The Boston Tea Party’s national committee has voted to endorse Tom Knapp for Congress in Missouri.
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Zogby poll to include many third-party candidates
By Trent Hill on August 12, 2008 5:15 PM
Zogby and WorldNetDaily have commissioned a poll which will include Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Alan Keyes, and Cynthia McKinney to be performed this weekend.…
AFP: ’11 other candidates’ also in presidential race
By PJO on August 10, 2008 10:27 AM
Agence France Presse makes the rather odd assertion today that, in addition to John McCain and Barack Obama, there are “11 other candidates running for president.”…
U.S. Marijuana Party candidate says she is victim of ID theft
By PJO on August 8, 2008 10:56 PM
Cris Ericson, who is on the ballot in Vermont as the U.S. Marijuana Party candidate for both governor and the state’s at-large U.S. House seat, said this week that she has been the victim of identity theft.…
Natural Law Party puts Ralph Nader on Michigan ballot
By paulie on August 5, 2008 3:13 AM
Close on the heels of his victory in California, where the Peace and Freedom Party just put Nader on the ballot, the Natural Law Party of Michigan just did the same.…
AFP release on mortgage bailout condemns debt, calls for tariffs
By Fred Church Ortiz on August 2, 2008 9:09 PM
The America First Party has issued a press release condemning the recent federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as irresponsible government spending as an ineffective stopgap:
In an effort to bail out stockholders, lenders, and homeowners, congress and the president have raised the debt ceiling by an ear-popping $800 billion, thereby allowing our nation’s cash debt to rise above $10 trillion for the first time ever.
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Bob Bird gains significant endorsement
By Trent Hill on August 1, 2008 8:44 PM
Bob Bird, the Alaskan Independence Party‘s candidate for US Senate, recently garnered the endorsement of the Alaskan Right to Life. Bird was president of the Alaska Right to Life from 1995-1997.…