James Leroy Wilson of Downsize DC thinks he knows what it is. From Wilson’s personal blog, Independent Country:
The Libertarian Party’s problem is that it focuses most where voters focus least: ideology and economics.
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Independent Political Report
TPW founder Austin Cassidy joins IPR in senior role
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 5:12 PM
Third Party Watch founder Austin Cassidy has agreed to join Independent Political Report as Publisher and Managing Partner. Says Mr. Cassidy:
I started Third Party Watch because I thought there was a need for a largely objective news source that covered the so called “periphery” of American politics.
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Paul fundraising director: Viguerie offered to help for ‘huge cut’ of campaign funds
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 4:33 PM
The former fundraising director of the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Committee, Jonathan Bydlak, says that Richard Viguerie sought to sell his services to Paul in exchange for a “huge cut” of Paul’s prodigious campaign cash.…
LRC columnist calls for LP to nominate Paul, Paul to accept
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 2:01 PM
The Libertarian National Convention kicks off tomorrow in Denver, and by the end of the day Sunday, the LP will have its nominee. LewRockwell.com columnist James Ostrowski hopes that nominee will be Ron Paul.…
Root overloads server during live chat
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 1:41 PM
Yesterday, we reported that Wayne Allyn Root would be participating in a live chat on Rocky Mountain News. Apparently, his appearance garnered so much attention that he temporarily crashed the site’s server.…
Nader challenges McCain
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 1:04 PM
Media Release: Nader Asks McCain – Are You Still Good on Your Promises from 2000?
Ralph Nader wants to know.
If John McCain becomes President, will he hold weekly press conferences and British style “question time”?…
Maine Greens hold convention
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 12:55 PM
The Maine Green Party is perhaps the strongest state affiliate of any national third party in America. It has elected and re-elected a state legislator, and its most recent gubernatorial candidate, Pat LaMarche, polled double digits in 2006.…
NH Libertarian claims Web site was hacked
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 6:55 AM
This local story seems to be a bit of a smear piece.
Selectman Brendan Kelly has been rounding up signatures for Libertarian candidates in the November elections and apparently gathering unwanted hacker attention on his Web site, www.brendankellylpnh.com
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Root, Gravel, Barr forum hosted by Reason
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 6:43 AM
Yesterday, Wayne Allyn Root, Mike Gravel, and Bob Barr participated in a forum moderated by Dave Weigel, associate editor of Reason. The American Spectator reports.…
Wall Street Journal: Beltway libertarians ‘factotum[s] of the establishment’
By Administrative Team on May 21, 2008 6:17 AM
From today’s Wall Street Journal:
A factotum, if you don’t know (I didn’t), is “an employee who does all kinds of work.”
Consider the poor Washington libertarian.
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David Nolan on Richard Viguerie
By Fred Church Ortiz on May 21, 2008 1:36 AM
Libertarian Party founder David Nolan has written a short article connecting several of the recent controversies in the LP. A list of topics covered would spoil the entire piece (hint: check the tags), so here’s the gist in Nolan’s own words:
Clearly, Barr and Viguerie are attempting to gain control of the LP so that Barr can campaign on a conservative/libertarian hybrid platform and Viguerie can extend his fundraising empire into the libertarian quadrant of the political universe.
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Bob Barr’s PAC
By Trent Hill on May 21, 2008 12:21 AM
Bob Barr’s Leadership PAC is facing a great deal of scrutiny, especially from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. They reported on the low rate at which his PAC contributes to the “Conservative” candidates the PAC claims to help raise funds.…