Richard Winger reports that four Greens have been removed from the November ballot by the State of Illinois. Ballot Access News They are Iain Abernathy in the 8th district, David Kalbfleisch in the 10th district, Robert Hill in the 14th district, and Troy Dennis in the 17th district.…
Independent Political Report
Cynthia McKinney on Barack Obama
By Gregg Jocoy on June 9, 2008 8:01 PM
The following is posted at McKinney’s campaign website.
Statement by Cynthia McKinney,
Power to the People Candidate for U.S. President, on the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate in 2008
(statement issued June 9, 2008)
On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton announced that her 2008 presidential bid is over, making Barack Obama the first-ever Black presidential nominee of a major party in the history of the United States.…
Augustson open to Green Party VP nomination
By Administrative Team on June 9, 2008 7:49 PM
Media release from Augustson for Congress:
Green Party Congressional Candidate Alan Augustson (IL, CD-05) would consider an offer to run as the party’s Vice Presidential nominee, according to a media release distributed by the Augustson campaign.…
Bob Barr: South Korea can defend itself
By Administrative Team on June 9, 2008 7:39 PM
Press release from Bob Barr:
Time to Remove Troops from South Korea, Says Bob Barr
Atlanta, GA — Defense Secretary Robert Gates just returned from a trip to South Korea, where he reaffirmed America’s defense commitment, including the presence of nearly 29,000 troops.…
IPR Progress Report
By Administrative Team on June 9, 2008 6:10 PM
Tomorrow, Independent Political Report turns three weeks old. Since debuting on May 21, we have served over 92,000 pages and had nearly 25,000 unique visits.
Today, our dedicated server locked up for 30 minutes due to excessive traffic.…
Official Bob Barr campaign bloggers will bolt from LP after election
By Administrative Team on June 9, 2008 3:36 PM
Editor’s Note: Although the letter is co-signed by Mr. Austin Wilkes and Ms. Shana Kluck, Ms.Kluck has expressed her intent to stay in the Libertarian Party.…
Stewart Alexander calls for ethanol production cut
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 9, 2008 12:43 PM
Socialist Party Vice-Presidential nominee and Peace and Freedom VP hopeful Stewart Alexander published a short article on Bay Area Indymedia today criticizing Congress’s ethanol production targets for 2022 as “direct competition with the food supply.”…
New design launched for the LP Web site
By Austin Cassidy on June 9, 2008 7:58 AM
The Libertarian Party’s Web site has been redesigned and relaunched. We heard promises from Bill Redpath that a new design was in the works during the Chairman’s debate in Denver.…
Green National Committee
By Gregg Jocoy on June 8, 2008 8:09 PM
The Democrats and Republicans have their national committees, and so do smaller parties. Often we only see the headlines and don’t see what happened behind the scenes to make those headlines.…