From Ballot Access News:
The national Green Party hopes to win up to four state house seats this year. In Arkansas, Richard Carroll is favored to win.
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Independent Political Report
Writing for the Dissident Voice, John Murphy finds himself ‘Running on Empty’
By Ross Levin on November 1, 2008 2:03 PM
An article that independent congressional candidate John Murphy wrote for the Dissident Voice:
Running On Empty
by John Murphy / October 29th, 2008
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I dont know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes I see them running tooRunning on – running on empty
Running on – running blind
Running on – running into the sun
But Im running behind– from “Running on Empty” by Jackson Browne
Screaming in the Rain
I was on my way home from doing a radio interview in Reading, Pennsylvania.…
‘A Small Party Pushes To Be a Statewide Force,’ writes the New York Times
By Ross Levin on November 1, 2008 1:19 PM
In Friday’s New York Times, an article on page A25 profiled the Working Families Party, a party founded in 1998 that is unique to the New York region (even though it is “being built right now in Oregon, South Carolina, and Delaware”).…
Sheehan gets her debate
By Ross Levin on November 1, 2008 1:04 PM
For a long time now, independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has been asking the Democratic incumbent she is challenging, Nancy Pelosi, to a debate. Last Wednesday, Sheehan got to debate Pelosi, even though it only lasted forty seconds.…
AP profiles Boston Tea Party’s Jay
By PJO on November 1, 2008 7:38 AM
The AP has a generally positive feature piece on Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Charles Jay today. Jay said, “Obviously this is a party that wants low or no taxes, and I think we’re just naturally rebellious.…
Zogby: Nader 1.6%, Barr 1.1%, McKinney 0.2%, Other 1.7%
By PJO on November 1, 2008 6:31 AM
The latest Zogby tracking poll (+/- 2.9%) has independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at 1.6%, Libertarian Bob Barr 1.1%, and Green Cynthia McKinney 0.2%. No other alternative presidential candidate was included, but 1.7% said they would vote for someone else, and 2.2% said they were undecided.…
Fox News covers Sheehan’s campaign against Pelosi
By PJO on October 31, 2008 11:12 PM
Fox News’s Fox Report had a story on Cindy Sheehan’s independent campaign against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s Eighth District. The election is “expected to be an easy victory for Pelosi, but it’s been a bit of a rough campaign.”…
Let’s Look at the Issues: Consumer spending
By Ross Levin on October 31, 2008 8:34 AM
What does Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman have to say about the recent decline in consumer spending? Let’s take a look at his perspective and prescription, from the New York Times:
The long-feared capitulation of American consumers has arrived.
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Swinger State vote
By PJO on October 31, 2008 6:54 AM
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