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One bone of contention between “small ell” libertarians (including, somewhat, myself) and the Libertarian Party is that the LP seems rather nutty and unlikely to ever be a particularly effective organization. I think Ron Paul might have similar thoughts. Buried in the hoopla over his alternate convention event in Minneapolis/St. Paul during the GOP Convention is [...] 
Well, it looks like Ron Paul is bowing out of the race for the GOP nomination (now that McCain is the nominee-apparent), and will instead focus on getting himself reelected to the House. And, if anyone was wondering about the chances of his making a third-party run—the answer is “no”. From Ron Paul’s campaign blog: With [...] 
Did a few folks not get the memo that the GOP is supposed to come-together around McCain? Kansas caucuses: Huckabee 60%, McCain 24%, Paul 11%, Romney 3% Even in the one state where McCain “won”, he still [...]
So, in addition to the Democratic and Republican party presidential primaries, California also saw the Libertarian Party’s presidential primary on Super Duper Fat Tuesday. Third Party Watch shared some entertaining speculation about the results: However, it appears that Smith was beaten by “write-in votes.” The 12 ballot candidates received a total of 13,750 votes statewide, [...]
632-626 was the “pledged delegate” count between Hillary and Obama which I woke up to this morning, according to CNN. (Throwing in the superdelegates, CNN has the tally as the still-close Hillary 825, Obama 732) Wow. I guess I need to add a few more primaries to my calendar. Many of us armchair election-watchers quietly expected one [...] 
So, Ron Paul’s most loyal supporters have been promising that the Revolution would start any time now. First it was to be the Free State of New Hampshire. No, it was risk-taking Nevada that would throw its support to Ron Paul. No…contrarian Mainers would see the merits of Ron Paul. Well, now it’s [...]
Seen at Politico: I just now spoke to Ralph Nader, who said the launch of his exploratory Web site wasn’t timed to Edwards’ withdrawal, but that Kucinich’s withdrawal had made space in the race for him. “We’re testing the waters on the overriding issue of corporate control, of our political economy, and anything else the dogma of [...]
Seen at Rasmussen: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that roughly 15% of voters would currently vote for [either Ron Paul or Michael Bloomberg] in general election match-ups. When the two candidates are mentioned as independent options in match-ups between Mitt Romney and the two Democratic frontrunners, Paul and Bloomberg attract roughly the same level [...]
Obama gets a moderate blogger’s support at Donklephant: Here’s the thing…if a politician can actually make us feel that there’s hope, that there’s a chance to actually mend our partisan wounds, we shouldn’t ignore it. That’s what Barack brings to the table, and that’s why I’m excited about his candidacy. I can agree with that sentiment. [...]
I still think that he’s not viable, and he did suffer from a little bit of conspiracy-theory-ness leaking out…but Ron Paul’s response at the end of the debate was wonderful. When asked about whether he’d leave the Republican Party, he took the party to task for having left its principles, audibly wishing that the GOP [...] |
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