Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The US Green Party’s National Committee voted to suspend print publication of its national newspaper “Green Pages”, with the exception of a single issue.…
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Author and analyst Steven Hill assesses top two primary for California
By Ross Levin on February 9, 2009 4:33 PM
In an oped in the Sacramento Bee, Steven Hill judges whether or not top two primaries would solve California’s political problems, based on how they’ve done in Washington state.…
Libertarian Party of Virginia: Is the General Assembly abolishing third parties?
By paulie on February 9, 2009 4:28 PM
Press release sent to [email protected] by Marc Montoni. Posted by Paulie.
The Libertarian Party of Virginia this week cried “Foul!” over a bill that is now on its way to a vote by the House of Delegates that would make it much more difficult for third party and independent candidates to get on the ballot — by making it nearly impossible to hire petitioners.…
Chuck Baldwin, “Do Americans Cherish Freedom Anymore?”
By Trent Hill on February 9, 2009 1:56 PM
Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party’s 2008 presidential candidate and 2004 vice-presidential candidate, has just published a column concerning whether or not Americans “cherish freedom anymore”.
I am often guilty of using the term “freedom-loving Americans.”
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Progressive Mayor Bob Kiss on the federal stimulus
By Trent Hill on February 9, 2009 1:53 PM
On the Prog Blog, the Vermont Progressive Party’s official blog, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss presents his thoughts on the federal ‘stimulus’ and how it will effect Vermont and Burlington.…
Announcement from Herbert Hoffman, former candidate for US Senate
By Ross Levin on February 8, 2009 6:37 PM
A small announcement from independent Herbert Hoffman:
On February 11, 2009 the website, www.HoffmanforSenate.us, will be taken down. It has had a good run, served an important purpose and was supported by a number of excellent computer experts.
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg to run for third term as an independent?
By paulie on February 8, 2009 6:16 PM
William Nabe writes at YourNabe.com
There is no doubt Mayor Michael Bloomberg intends to run for a third term. As we look at the practical aspects of the campaign, however, the question arises as to which political party or parties are willing to designate him as their candidate.
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IPR traffic report: just passed TPW in page views on sitemeter, despite over six month head start
By paulie on February 8, 2009 6:00 PM
As of a few minutes ago, IPR is at 1,476,912 pageviews since May 20, 2008, and TPW is at 1,476,455 pageviews since December 13, 2007.
Since the pace is more recently about an order of magnitude apart, they will start having to do something very different if they want to make this interesting again.…
Campaign update: Tom Knapp for President (Libertarian/BTP)
By paulie on February 7, 2009 6:40 PM
Since Kn@ppster is now the campaign site, campaign updates consist of what is posted at the blog.
UPDATE: Knapp clarifies in the comments,
Saying that my blog is my campaign site isn’t the same as saying that my blog is NOTHING BUT my campaign site.
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