As recently reported by IPR, Jesse Ventura is expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate “in the not-too-distant future.” However, it is not entirely clear if Ventura would do so as a candidate for the Independence Party — or as an unaffiliated, independent candidate.…
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Bob Barr: Don’t wreck the economy in the name of the environment
By Fred Church Ortiz on June 6, 2008 12:13 PM
Three days ago, the Libertarian Party published a press release condemning the then pending Lieberman-Warner Senate bill, in which LP Media Coordinator Andrew Davis denounced the bill as an absurd attempt to micromanage the environment.…
Supporter pens letter to ‘President Keyes’
By PJO on June 6, 2008 10:30 AM
On Alan Keyes’s Renew America website, regular contributor Tom Kovach publishes a lengthy fictional letter to President Keyes dated January 21, 2009. The lengthy message says blacks, Jewish voters, pro-life Libertarians, and military veterans were key to Keyes’s election as president.…
Prohibition Party’s Amondson interviewed
By PJO on June 6, 2008 10:25 AM
Wikinews today has an interview with Prohibition Party presidential nominee Gene Amondson, “a preacher, artist, and prohibition activist.” Asked why he wants to be president, Amondson said, “With one out of nine blacks between 20 and 34 in prison, prohibition will come again for the fourth time.”…
Jesse Ventura almost set to run
By Trent Hill on June 6, 2008 12:19 AM
Jesse Ventura, whom some have speculated might run for the open U.S. Senate in Minnesota under the Independence Party label, is rumored to be hedging closer to a run.…
Augustson: Cheap gas an ‘election gimmick’
By Administrative Team on June 5, 2008 9:30 PM
Press release from Alan Augustson, Green Party congressional candidate and former presidential hopeful:
Green Party Congressional Candidate Alan Augustson (IL, CD-05) called upon all Presidential and other candidates to back off from promises of lower gasoline prices.…
Former Gravel campaign manager responds to anti-Kubby allegations
By Administrative Team on June 5, 2008 9:12 PM
IPR has twice reported on allegations from inside the Gravel campaign that Steve Kubby “stabbed Gravel in the back” by endorsing Mary Ruwart after allegedly saying he would endorse Mike Gravel.…
Nebraska dumps fair play
By Gregg Jocoy on June 5, 2008 8:32 PM
Apparently the American Legion Boys State hosted a debate today between the Republican and Democratic nominees for US Senate from Nebraska, and kept Steve Larrick from participating in the debate.…
Connecticut Green candidate seeks Bush-Cheney impeachment
By PJO on June 5, 2008 7:50 PM
Connecticut’s Litchfield County Times reports that Fifth District U.S. House candidate Harold Burbank II “is calling on Congress to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney for waging an illegal war in Iraq.”…