Applications for the LP’s Platform Committee were due two days ago, and were to include three sample planks. Several applicants have chosen to make their proposals public.…
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Boston Tea Party update
By paulie on November 18, 2008 2:13 PM
New news at the top 18 November 2008 Growth continues, with 679 people joining the party here. Facebook shows 778.
15 November 2008 We show 675 have joined the party here.
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Arizona asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear Nader v Brewer
By paulie on November 18, 2008 2:08 PM
Posted at Ballot Access News
On November 13, Arizona filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to hear Nader v Brewer (which is now called Brewer v Nader).
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Chuck Baldwin publishes 50 US historical documents in one volume
By paulie on November 18, 2008 2:01 PM
Excerpt from the full article at Chuck Baldwin Live.
A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation’s great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem.
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Alaska US Senate candidate Bob Bird covered in Washington Post after the election
By paulie on November 18, 2008 1:57 PM
From Bob Bird, emailed to [email protected]
Quite a bit written about me in today’s Washington Post, by Chris Cillizza and Paul Kane. They have one minor fact wrong: Pat Buchanan did not run a 3rd-party candidacy in 1996, but was a Republican.…
Libertarian Party on bailing out the big three US auto makers
By paulie on November 18, 2008 1:48 PM
Posted by Andrew Davis at LP.org
This week, the main buzz is sure to be about possibly bailing-out the automotive industries in Detroit, known as the “Big Three.”…
Steve Conn: mapping Nader votes
By paulie on November 18, 2008 1:43 PM
Where is “Ralph Nader country?” We know that “Marlboro Country” is a lung cancer ward and “Countrywide” is a landscape of empty and boarded up homes as far as the eye can see, but where is Nader Country.?…
Reason’s Doherty examines Barr campaign
By PJO on November 18, 2008 2:07 AM
At Reason.com, Brian Doherty offers “a postmortem on Bob Barr’s presidential run,” writing in part, “From the outset, Bob Barr’s Libertarian run for the presidency was fraught with great expectations.…
Greens focus on Rahim U.S. House campaign in Louisiana
By PJO on November 18, 2008 2:04 AM
The Green Party is focusing on the Louisiana Second District U.S. House campaign of Malik Rahim, according to a party news release. The vote will take place on December 6.…