October 4, 2026
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Daniel McCarthy of The American Conservative has the explanation.
Interesting piece in Salon about how New York’s Conservative Party wound up nominating middle-of-the-road Republican Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate, while the GOP nominated the more right-wing Carl Paladino.…
Wayne Allyn Root has released what he calls the Reagan Libertarian Contract with America (cross-posted to his blog at LP.org), preempting the Republican Pledge to America by a few days.…
Pennsylvania Green Party candidate for US House in PA’s 14th District Ed Bortz has been very active recently. On September 13th, Bortz spoke out against hydrofracking at a Pittsburgh City Council meeting, which earned him a mention in at least one news outlet.…
IPR has frequently reposted Libertarian Party blog posts, but this Libertarian Party blog post by LNC Chair Mark Hinkle is the first time I know of that LP blog has reposted word for word a post originally posted at IPR.…
Dear Friend of Liberty,
We have a great slate of over 800 Libertarian candidates for the upcoming November elections. Many of them are looking for more coverage on our website, in our emails, and in LP News.…
Wes Benedict at Libertarian Party blog:
Similar to the Glenn Beck rally, libertarians from D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey distributed Libertarian Party stickers and door hangers.…
Dear Friend of Liberty,
We already ran out of our first 200,000 door hangers, but we’ve received 500,000 more that we’re ready to ship to you ASAP!…
Posted by Staff at Libertarian Party blog on September 17:
Today is the 223rd anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution by the Constitutional Convention in 1787.…
Staff at Libertarian Party blog:
On September 15, LP Executive Director Wes Benedict was interviewed by the Stop Taxing Us blog about his recent warning to tea partiers.…