Third Party Watch

From the Ralph Nader campaign:

Declaring President George W. Bush the most impeachable president in American history, the Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader summoned the Democratic Congress to live up to its oath of office to uphold the Constitution. In a letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Mr. Nader laid bare the compelling [...]

From the Root campaign:

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Wayne Allyn Root continues to attract mainstream media across the country. Root will appear as a “newsmaker guest” live in-studio on WGN Morning News in Chicago on Friday April 4th during the 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM CST time slot. WGN Morning News is the number one rated morning [...]

From my e-mail:

My name is Teddy Fleck and am the Libertarian Candidate for Lt. Governor in Missouri. I have only been a Libertarian for a little over a year.A friend of mine turned me onto your site.Your site is the best third party place for up to date information I have seen. GREAT JOB.

Thank [...]

As recently reported here at TPW, “Super Dell” Schanze, a colorful Salt Lake City personality, has filed paperwork with the state to run as the Libertarian Party’s candidate for governor. Apparently, however, Schanze is not universally popular with the party. From Salt Lake City Weekly:

Jim Dexter, a former Libertarian Party of Utah chairman … [...]

I ran into Reason’s Dave Weigel at an event last night in DC. He asked the usual questions about Mike Gravel that I was getting from other members of the media yesterday, but he was insightful enough that we went into a greater level of details about the actual convention process than I generally [...]

From the Phillies 2008 campaign:

Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today called for an end to national quotas on immigration.

“We should not have one rule for people born in China and another rule for people born in Lichtenstein,” Phillies said. ” ‘National quotas’ are thinly disguised race quotas, with rules depending on the color of an [...]

By the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among others.

Here is an archive of yesterday’s interview with Bob Barr on the Scott Horton Show on Antiwar Radio.

If all is going well, I’m currently on a plane en route to Washington, DC. I prefiled this article in order to help keep TPW flowing while I’m away. Hopefully, some of the other writers here will help pick up my slack until I return on Friday.

In addition to the data provided earlier [...]

I just recieved this in an email.

Gravel For President 2008
A Personal Message from Mike Gravel

Dear friend,

I wanted to update you on my latest plans before news gets out. Today, I am announcing my plan to join the Libertarian Party, because the Democratic Party no longer represents my vision for our great country. I wanted my [...]

Keyes’ frontpage now features three articles about him waging a third-party campaign under the banner of the Constitution Party. Additionally, he has the CP’s image beside it, and the Republican Elephant at the bottom of the page is now comically pictured as deceased.

The Libertarian Party has issued a statement on the news broken at Third Party Watch that former Senator Mike Gravel has joined the LP.

“I’m joining the Libertarian Party because it is a party that combines a commitment to freedom and peace that can’t be found in the two major parties that control the government and [...]

From the Root campaign:

Libertarian Presidential Candidate Wayne Allyn Root continues to attract more national media than any other third party Presidential candidate. On the heels of his appearance on The Mancow Show with Mancow Muller two weeks ago, Root has been invited as a guest on The Mancow Show again. This time Root will appear [...]

I just got off the phone with Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory and he confirms the following information: Former US Senator and Alaska House Speaker Mike Gravel has joined the Libertarian Party. Cory says he’ll provide more in a media release to be expected over the next few hours.

Gravel is currently one of [...]

It used to be that one had the option of entering his or her political ideology (i.e. conservative, libertarian, progressive) in a Facebook profile. That option no longer exists, but one can now enter their respective political party affiliation—and there is an extensive list of parties from which one can choose. From the [...]

Libertarian philosopher (and homey) Roderick Long has neologized this term: Ruwarchy!

I note with interest that my old friend Mary Ruwart is entering the race for the LP nomination. Leaving aside the tangled question of whether electoral politics is an appropriate venue for libertarian activism (for the record, my view is that it shouldn’t be central [...]

The Save America Summit is a recently spawned idea (And website) of a few prominent conservatives. These conservatives and constitutionalists are united in the effort to back a third-party candidacy against John McCain. Amongst the people involved are 6 radio talk show hosts, a tv talk show host, several big-name pastors, Chris Simcox, Alan Keyes, [...]

With the exception of presidentials, I typically don’t donate to LP political campaigns that aren’t “in it to win it.” However, campaigns with well established goals, business plans and timelines grab my attention. Here’s one I will be watching, as the goal is very concrete and should be attainable:

Mike Munger is running for [...]

Alan Keyes has really gone out on a limb, to the point of no return I think. In a recent WorldNetDaily article , Keyes stated that his campaign has focused on the traditional values of America, protecting marriage, life and the nation, and he said it isn’t an issue of his leaving the GOP, but [...]

Rick Jore is still hard at work on his constitutional initiative, CI-100, and appears to be making headway. He and his supporters have formed a group called Montana for Life. The amendment has recieved the endorsement of several Montana pro-life organizations, including Lutherans for Life of Montana, Pro-Life Montana, Operation Rescue, the American Life League, [...]

From CP National Field Director Gary Odom:

Ballot access in South Dokata:

The Constitution Party qualified for the 2008 ballot in South Dakota yesterday and is currently one of three political parties currently recognized in that state: South Dakota Secretary of State. Congratulations to Amy Willis, who coordinated the petition drive, and to [...]

From the Phillies 2008 campaign:

“In a high-tech world, America needs the best talent that money can buy,” said Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies. “A half century ago, during what was called the ‘brain drain,’ Europe’s best and brightest moved to America. This meant that our industries and universities benefited enormously from foreign excellence. Now more [...]

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska addresses the Alaskan Independence Party at their state convention.

Former U.S. Congressman and current Libertarian Party National Committeeman Bob Barr will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, 1:15PM Eastern. Bob Barr will be discussing his recent Washington Monthly article, No Torture, No Exceptions.Barr currently serves as a board member of the National Rifle Association, and has served as [...]

There are a lot of people who would like to restore the 2004 version of the Libertarian Party platform. Party founder David Nolan sent me the following release pertaining to this issue:

Three of the Libertarian Party’s four leading candidates for the 2008 Presidential nomination have indicated their support for using the party’s 2004 platform [...]