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Christine Smith leaves the LP

By Austin Cassidy on May 27, 2008 10:35 PM

Christine Smith, who won six delegates in her bid for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, has announced that she is officially leaving the party. Smith gave an angry anti-Barr speech to the convention when she was eliminated on the first ballot, and then went on to do several media interviews trashing Barr and the the Libertarian Party for nominating him.…

Gay media notes Barr nomination

By Fred Church Ortiz on May 27, 2008 7:34 PM

365Gay, which bills itself as “America’s most read gay news”, has run an article on Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr today, quoting and highlighting (mostly quoting) his earlier press release on the California Supreme Court’s recent same-sex marriage ruling.…

One last look at Denver (pictures)

By Administrative Team on May 27, 2008 6:04 PM

Following up, belatedly, on our earlier pictures thread:

Jake Porter talks with some would-be constituents before he dropped out of the LNC at-large race.

Susan Hogarth hammers home a radical button:

The WWE’s Kane was a Mary supporter (note the button):

Mary Ruwart:

Mary Ruwart talking with her staff (Thomas Hill, Mary, Ray Carr (her husband), unknown guy in blue coat, Brian Irving):

Two pictures of the Ruwart booth:

A hardcore Ruwart supporter:

Another hardcore supporter, my daughter, Waverly Quinn:

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Denver: Final postmortem

By Administrative Team on May 27, 2008 4:20 PM

Below is a list of the initial Round 1 balloting, with the votes/gained or lost in subsequent rounds.

Bob Barr: 153, +35, -2, +16, +21, +101
Mary Ruwart: 152, +10, +24, +16, +27, +47
Wayne Root: 123, +15, +8, +3, +16
Mike Gravel: 71, +0, +5, +0
George Phillies: 49, -13, -5
Steve Kubby: 41, -9
Mike Jingozian: 23
Christine Smith: 6

Now for an analysis of “what happened in Denver?”,…

Boston Tea Party nominates, schedules convention

By Thomas L. Knapp on May 27, 2008 4:08 PM

The Boston Tea Party held an “informal convention” in Denver Sunday evening, in close proximity to the Libertarian Party’s national convention.

That convention placed the names of three candidates — George Phillies, Alden Link and Tom Stevens — into contention for the party’s 2008 presidential nomination.…