Third Party Watch

Here’s a video of Mr. Corsi endorsing Chuck Baldwin, on the Larry King Show…

When you’re running for president it certainly can’t hurt to have the author of a New York Times #1 Best Seller throw his support behind you. As a third party candidate, it’s an added bonus when that best seller is about one of the major party candidates.

This week, Constitution Party candidate for president Chuck Baldwin [...]

The following is a fundraising letter from the Constitution Party’s presidential campaign:

Dear Constitutionalists and friends of the Republic,

We have a magnificent opportunity in 2008 to turn the tide in America and begin to restore constitutional government of, by and for the people! More than any year in recent memory Americans are coming to the [...]

From the Nolan Chart:

Walt Thiessen writes on the Nolan Chart of Bob Barr’s failure to catch on with American voters, and the unrealistic expectations of his campaign in trying to add him to the presidential debates.

Thiessen says Barr has not caught on with Ron Paul’s voters and hasn’t even managed to convince traditional Libertarian Party [...]

Ralph Nader will be in Denver to protest opposite the Democratic National Convention – and now he’s announced that he’ll be in Minnesota to protest opposite the Republicans, too.

From the Boston Globe:

Ralph Nader announced today that he will hold a rally in conjunction with the Republican National Convention, as well as the Democratic gathering, to [...]

From the Boston Globe:

Bob Barr is being denied a place on the Massachusetts ballot and has filed suit to gain access, supported by the ACLU. Here’s an opinion piece by W. James Antle III that argues Barr deserves a place on the ballot and would actually be good for the Massachusetts Libertarian Party, even [...]

From Buzz Flash:

Blogger Ann Davidow clearly doesn’t think much of voting for third party candidates, and she goes out of her way to discredit just about every reason given for supporting them. Davidow portrays third party candidates and voters as outsiders who simply don’t want to decide between two major parties with significant differences.

Davidow [...]

Here’s a interesting video of Chuck Baldwin that answers the above question…

Bob Barr’s making his way across the United States, appearing at small gatherings and trying to generate enough support to earn a place in the presidential debates.

Here’s an editorial stemming from an appearance in Virginia at the ‘Bull and Bear’ Club.

A couple snippets from the opinion piece:

Most voters are not thinking about Mr. Barr, in [...]

Representatives of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, a group that advocates using National Guard troops to patrol the Mexican Border – announced that several current or former presidential candidates will appear at its rally in Denver opposite the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

Amongst those set to appear are Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, Constitution [...]

From the National Post (Canada):

Ralph Nader appeared at an event while visiting Toronto, extolling the virtues of a Canadian system that includes a single-payer health system, a multi-party political system and carbon taxes – but also seeking campaign funds from expatriate Americans in Canada.

A call was made for Americans in the audience to donate to [...]

Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney responds to why she left the Democratic Party, what motivates her to keep going in politics, how she plans to ‘inspire’ people with her presidency, whether she’s taking away black votes from Barack Obama, her positions on global conflicts, the potential for American military bases spread throughout Africa, and finally, [...]

It’s common knowledge that John McCain needs the support of Evangelical Christian leaders to motivate the Republican base to turn out – so McCain should be concerned that Bob Barr may be making a play for this group as well.

Bob Barr toured the Colorado headquarters of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, though he didn’t [...]

From Chuck Baldwin’s column on Newswithviews.com

It turns out that John McCain isn’t the only presidential candidate to hold Teddy Roosevelt in high esteem – Chuck Baldwin also holds a special place in his heart for the hero of San Juan Hill. Baldwin writes:

How can anyone not like Teddy Roosevelt? I believe Teddy [...]

From the Boston Globe (blogs):

Ron Paul is planning a rally set opposite the Republicans in St. Paul – and now Ralph Nader has announced that he’ll hold a rally of his own opposite the Democrats in Denver. Nader’s rally is to try and stir up public support for allowing third-party candidates to participate in [...]

Even if the American media fails to cover third-party or independent presidential candidates, the foreign press is taking note – revealing that there are eleven other candidates on the US ballot who could take votes from Obama and McCain.

The article presents an overview of the third-party challengers and also introduces an aspect of the race [...]

Disgruntled ex-Republican Alan Keyes presents a thorough treatment on the ‘lesser of two evils’ attitude of many voters, strongly arguing that voting for ‘evil’ is contrary to the concept of natural equality found in the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Bible.

Keyes doesn’t stop at merely touching on Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s [...]

Bob Barr took part in a panel discussion recently at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, and here’s a video of the program. Also appearing on the panel are Steve Forbes, Richard Viguerie and David Boaz. The topic was ‘the future of politics,’ and not surprisingly, there was a considerable amount of time dedicated [...]

Polls are certainly skewed towards the major party candidates, but when 3rd Party candidates are added to the mix, they’re tallying nearly one in five voters. The higher number of undecided voters at this stage in the race demonstrates the lack of comfort the voting public feels for McCain and Obama.

From World Net Daily:

An [...]

From JasonPye.com:

An evening with Bob Barr and Friends (August 23rd)

Pick out a freedom necktie and treat yourself to a new pair of shoes. Tickets are on sale now for “An Evening With Bob Barr And Friends,” a Libertarian Party of Georgia banquet and fundraiser. Plan on joining us Saturday, August 23rd at the Crowne Plaza [...]

From AIP Chair, Jim King:

A hearing that will determine the future of the American Independent Party of California has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in Superior Court at Sacramento, California.

We are represented by an experienced attorney, Robert E. Barnes of the Bernhoft Law Firm.

Voting majorities were spoken at the Constitution Party Convention in [...]

For those looking for some compare/contrast on the various policy stances of Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr versus John McCain and Barack Obama, the Libertarian Party has made things easy.

The issues previewed include: taxes, government spending, guns, global warming, foreign policy,and civil liberties.

Click here for the entire post.

Independent candidate Ralph Nader sees many of the same things that John McCain and Barack Obama have observed – that voters are disillusioned – but comes to different conclusions on what should be done about it.

Nader blames the two party system and its candidates, using a recent poll as evidence that he’s gaining favor with [...]

The Green Party is weighing in on the historic debate over the merits of the Electoral College by filing suit in a US District Court. The Party claims that electing a president via apportionment of state electors effectively disenfranchises tens of thousands of voters (especially black voters in southern states) and may lead to [...]

Libertarian Party congressional candidate Tom Knapp says voters deserve to hear about the issues in Missouri’s 2nd US House District, so he’s laid down a challenge to his Republican and Democrat opponents to meet six times to debate and discuss the important topics of the campaign.

Knapp describes himself on his website:

“I’m the left-most candidate in [...]