New York governor Kathy Hochul is popular with likely voters, her job approval stands at 55% approve/33% disapprove according to a new Zogby Analytics poll.
Hochul, who took over when Andrew Cuomo resigned last year, also holds a strong lead over the former governor in the event he were to attempt a comeback bid in the Democratic primary.… Read more ...
Sam Robb was a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. He sent the following message thanking supporters and discussing his efforts to help the Libertarian Party’s Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen ticket.
The past month has been rather hectic, with ups and downs.
As many of you already know, I failed to win the Libertarian Party presidential nomination.… Read more ...
From http://www.uncoveredpolitics.com/:
Charlie Crist: Ninth on the Ballot, First in Your Heart? by Austin Cassidy:
… Read more ...Charlie Crist supporters will need to do a little extra digging on Tuesday when they head to the polls. Normally, Crist’s name would appear first or second on the ballot as the nominee for the Republican Party.
Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics:
The poll, conducted between October 18 and October 21, showed Rubio, an early darling of the Tea Party movement, leading with 39.6 percent of the vote to 33.3 percent for Crist, who broke with his party in April to run without party affiliation. Democrat Kendrick Meek, whose candidacy has failed to gain momentum, even among hardcore members of his own party, was languishing in a distant third with a meager 18.1 percent.… Read more ...
Text of a Ralph Nader e-mail announce message dated April 24, 2009:
“No more fine print; no more confusing terms and conditions.” This is what Barack Obama told a White House gathering of leading credit card issuers this week.
Right afterward, President Obama told the press that “there has to be strong and reliable protections for consumers, protections that ban unfair rate increases and forbid abusive fees and penalties.”… Read more ...
Reported in the Manchester, NH Union Leader newspaper:
… Read more ...Although he’s yet to secure a spot on the New Hampshire presidential ballot, Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr visited Manchester yesterday, drawing attention and, possibly votes, away from Republican John McCain.
Barr visited Murphy’s Tap Room in downtown Manchester, where about 90 people listened to his calls for small government and personal freedom, and nodded agreement to his notion that the country’s two major political parties are headed in the same direction.