Chuck Baldwin is scheduled to appear on the Terry Anderson Show, a popular Los Angeles talk show, this Sunday night at 9:00 p.m., Pacific time.…
Independent Political Report
Charles Jay on the issues
By Administrative Team on June 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Charles Jay has an attractive new Web site up for his bid to capture the White House in 2008. The site lists Jay as the candidate of the Utah-based Personal Choice Party, but he will also be vying for the Boston Tea Party‘s nomination, this coming Sunday.…
Not really reporting from Mount Rushmore …
By Thomas L. Knapp on June 11, 2008 3:25 PM
“Independents’ Day” was advertised as an opportunity to “Talk one-on-one with the TOP Independent and Third Party Presidential and Congressional Candidates” last weekend at Mount Rushmore … but did it actually happen?…
Ventura, Barkley to meet today on golf course
By PJO on June 11, 2008 7:27 AM
Doug Grow of the Minnesota Post writes that Minnesota ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura and ex-interim senator Dean Barkley are scheduled to play a round of golf today, and “Barkley wants this to be a high-stakes game.”…
Wisconsin columnist considers Barr’s impact
By PJO on June 11, 2008 7:21 AM
In his column in Wisconsin’s Madison Capital Times, John Nichols asks, “Is Bob Barr Libertarian Enough?” Beneath that headline, he writes in part:
“In Wisconsin and most other states, the Libertarian Party has struggled in recent years to connect politically — not because its ideas are wrong but because so many of them are so right that they are ‘borrowed’ by Democrats and Republicans.…
Three third-party hopefuls in Oregon U.S. House race
By PJO on June 11, 2008 7:15 AM
Oregon’s Portland Tribune surveys the third-party field in the state’s open-seat Fifth U.S. House district race:
“The Libertarian Party nominated Steve Milligan, operations manager for an herbal manufacturer.…
CP Oregon Senate nominee Brownlow profiled
By PJO on June 11, 2008 7:08 AM
The Oregonian profiles newly nominated Constitution Party Oregon U.S. Senate candidate Dave Brownlow, saying he is “a former Republican who once campaigned for Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.,…
Comedy Central cites IPR in Barr/Paul connection satire
By Administrative Team on June 11, 2008 1:13 AM
Comedy Central’s “Indecision 2008” satire has declared Bob Barr the New Ron Paul.
Are you suffering from Post-Paul Depression Disorder? Missing the endless entertainment offered up by crazed internet bullies clamoring for their chance to change every topic of conversation into a pro-Ron Paul diatribe?
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Bob Barr, Ralph Nader dominate online coverage of alternative candidates
By Administrative Team on June 11, 2008 12:47 AM
The mainstream media rarely give third-party and independent candidates a fair shake — hence the need for sites like IPR and Third Party Watch. But the new media — the online media — is supposed to give candidates and parties the coverage they deserve.…