Originally published at American Third Party Report
On the Irregular Times article “Is America Not Safe?” by Peregrin Wood, Dr. Marc Allan Feldman, a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, disputed the premise of the article that the United States is perfectly safe. Feldman argued:
… Read more ...America is not safe.
Jim Cook reports at Irregular Times
… Read more ...With 77 days to go before the first ballot, the combination corporation/political party called Americans Elect opened up a system today for delegates to draft presidential candidates to appear in its proprietary, privatized online presidential nominating system. The official rules of Americans Elect create three standards by which a draft candidate can qualify to appear on the ballot.
Since our last update:
At Ballot Access News:
Americans Elect Web Page Posts New National Ballot Access Petition Count
… Read more ...The Americans Elect web page now says the group has obtained 1,903,444 signatures on petitions to get on the ballot, so far. This contrasts with the figure of three weeks ago, which was 1,829,264.
Ballot Access News reports on Americans Elect petition drives going on in Wyoming, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Montana, South Carolina, and as we previously noted, Rhode Island, Maine, Tennessee, Georgia, Oregon, Colorado, Alabama, and Arkansas (the last one may already be finished; I don’t know whether any of the others are yet).… Read more ...
Since my last update:
Latest updates on Americans Elect
At Ballot Access News:
Portland, Oregon TV Station News Clip About Americans Elect
Editorial Page Editor of Tallahassee Democrat Newspaper on Americans Elect
Dan Morain Article on Americans Elect Carries More Detail than Most Such Articles
Fox News Airs Five-Minute Interview with Elliot Ackerman, Spokesman for Americans Elect
At Irregular Times:
Chairs of Americans Elect Rules Committee: A Coal/Casino GOP Lobbyist and a Lieberman Democrat
Americans Elect Spins Clear Trends on Economy and the Budget into Third Way Centrism
Americans Elect Picks Core Questions for 2012 without Member Input
Asked Point Blank, Americans Elect Refuses to Disclose $$$ from Billionaire Peter Ackerman
Ron Paul fans and GOPsters Flood Americans Elect Facebook Page
Our Oregon Sums Up Current Knowledge on Americans Elect
Democracy21 asks IRS to Investigate Americans Elect for Corporate Code Violations
At ThirdPartyPolitics.US:… Read more ...
Steve Kornacki, Salon’s news editor, has this commentary on the chances of a powerful third force presidential candidate next year.
The column, and similar commentary, usually say that minor party and independent candidates for important office never win. These articles should acknowledge that in the period starting in 1970, there have been seven gubernatorial elections and six U.S.… Read more ...
From Matt Miller at the Washington Post via Third Party and Independent Daily:
… Read more ...I’m a Clinton White House alum who had hoped President Obama could usher in the debate we need. It’s hardly all his fault that we’re not there, but I’m convinced the parties’ interest groups and “thought police” make real progress impossible without a new force that shakes things up.