Third Party Watch

Chuck Baldwin’s campaign is, more and more, resembling Ron Paul’s. With the obvious change in rhetoric, the emphasis of non-social issues, and the championing of the non-interventionist foreign policy, Baldwin is quickly becoming a known name amongst Ron Paul supporters. Here in Louisiana, I’m getting calls daily—mostly from my fellow Ron Paul activists—wanting to know [...]

One of the recurring themes of third party politics in America seems to be the phenomenon of the “hostile takeover.” A disgruntled major party politician, an eccentric multi-millionaire, or perhaps a group of major party factional schemers decides that rather than working within the party of their putative loyalty, or perhaps forming a new party, [...]

From David Weigel at Reason:

I saw Ron Paul on Wednesday, at a signing event for The Revolution, and he told me he won’t endorse Baldwin or Barr. He’ll kinda-sorta endorse both. He won’t stop them from using photos of him or talking about his campaign.

“Chuck was in my office today to say hello,” Paul said. [...]

It appears Chuck Baldwin’s website just went live, although it certainly isn’t fully fleshed out yet.

Chuck Baldwin is obviously relying heavily upon a candidacy which portrays him as a surrogate for Ron Paul. His main page says he is “continueing the Revolution”. Baldwin’s site also features a quote from his acceptance speech at the Constitution [...]

The Independent American Party of Nevada just hosted a great state convention in Reno, with nationally known writer Dr. Jerome Corsi as our keynote speaker. Other speakers included, Jim Clymer our national affiliate chairman, and California Eagle Forum President and author, Orlean Koehle, who both addressed the convention and the invited public. We reconfirmed our [...]

Faith and freedom were the themes of interviews with two Constitution Party candidates recorded at the party’s national convention in Kansas City.

Dr. Gregory Thompson, a former public school superintendent, says the system is failing children, parents and the state and needs reformed. In the interview, he claims “…ninety percent of our children, after going through [...]

According to the website of the American Independent Party, which claims to be the California affiliate of the Constitution Party, Chuck Baldwin is not their presidential nominee. From their website:

Our candidates for 2008 are:
Don Grundmann—President – – http://www.truthusa.org/

You can get more info about them from their webpages.

Edward C. Noonan
State Party Chairman – American Independent [...]

The Belgrade News, in Montana, apparently ran the following article on May 2nd, which was then picked up a number of small online and print publications. It fails to realize the most significant part of Chuck Baldwin’s possible constituencies: Ron Paul voters.

Baldwin won’t be wooing the Religious Right, either, by playing the Christian card. The [...]

For a couple days now it has been a not-so-well kept secret that Ed Noonan, the chairman of the American Independent Party in California, is trying to dissafilliate the AIP-CA from the Constitution Party and place Alan Keyes on the ballot. There were whispers of this by Gerald and Grace Hill at the National Convention. [...]

Insurance Agency owner Floyd Fitzgibbons announced today his plan to run for the 3rd Congressional District. The 51 year old native Nevadan’s entry into the contest will have an important bearing on the outcome of the election due to the large number of disenchanted Republicans and that 80,000 registered voters in the 3rd district are [...]

Here are some sporadic last thoughts on the Constitution Party’s convention in Kansas City.

First: Alan Keyes. Myself and Red Phillips advised Keyes’ supporters and staff members for weeks. We gave them a very simple rubric by which they could avoid dissapointment, know their opposition and it’s strengths, and even avoid an embarassing 3-to-1 loss. None [...]

Chuck Baldwin is the Constitution Party’s 2008 Presidential nominee, and Howard Phillips is the party’s founder. Interviewed by Mike Ferguson at the Constitution Party’s national convention in Kansas City, MO, April 26, 2008.

Since I did not notice it reported elsewhere on this site, I thought I would mention that the Constitution Party nominated Darrel Castle for Vice-President of the United States. I do not know much about him. He is the national vice-chairman of the Constitution Party and a member of the Constitution Party of [...]

by Kevin Thompson

I was a member of the Constitution Party before Alan Keyes, and will be after. If Alan had won the nomination, I would have gladly backed him and worked on his behalf. I have even taken some flack from those in my party for that stance. Alan Keyes is a great [...]

Matthew Robert’s is talking about possibly going “constitutional” over at Taki. He introduces Chuck Baldwin in this manner:

Now that Ron Paul is effectively out of the race, there may again be a candidate for paleoconservatives (notwithstanding Gottfried’s obituary) to support. For those of you unfamiliar with Baldwin, he’s a pastor at the Crossroad Baptist [...]

An interview of Alan Keyes by Mike Ferguson on Missouri Viewpoints:

Just hours after falling short in his bid for the Constitution Party’s Presidential nomination, former US Ambassador Alan Keyes sat down with Mike Ferguson to discuss his thoughts on the events of the party’s convention, the state of America and his political future.

Dr. Keyes made [...]

I appreciate Trent Hill, Mike Ferguson and Stephen Gordon’s eyewitness coverage of the Constitution Party convention. I thought folks might be interested in other media’s reporting. The Muskegon Chronicle ran a story today on Mad Max Riekse who is seeking the vice-presidential nomination. The St. Joseph News-Press ran a story [...]

I was watching the Constitution Party Convention live online and managed to obtain these state-by-state vote totals:

Alabama: No delegates
Alaska: Keyes 3
Arizona: Baldwin 2
Arkansas: Baldwin 7
California: Baldwin 12.8 Keyes 51.2
Colorado: Baldwin 9 Keyes 3
Connecticut: Baldwin 6 Keyes 2
Delaware: Baldwin 3
Florida: Keyes 1 Imperato 1 Baldwin 35
Georgia: Baldwin 5
Idaho: Baldwin 7.66 Keyes 3.33
Illinois: Baldwin 4 Keyes 4
Iowa: [...]

Reminder: The Constitution Party Convention is being carried live and can be viewed online here.

At the moment, debate is ongoing to determine if Ron Paul can or should be considered a potential nominee of the Constitution Party.

They are now announcing the vote totals for each candidate by state. Here are the votes [...]

by Mike Ferguson

I’m here covering the event for the Kansas City Metro Voice, for Third Party Watch and for my online TV show, “Missouri Viewpoints”.

There are about 250 delegates here in Kansas City. I’m guessing there are probably around 100 other attendees as well – there’s a great deal of people moving around during and [...]

My best guess is that Keyes will not win the Constitution Party presidential nomination because of his foreign policy position, but his speech at the Constitution Party Convention was delivered so well, I’m sure he’ll pick up some extra support because of it. Audio link here.

From an e-mail I just received:

On Alan Keyes Web Site now CP Convention live: www.alankeyes.com

Howard Phillips calling Alan Keyes Names. See under General Discussion on Alan Keyes web page.

In other words, if one clicks the link, he or she can watch live streaming video of the convention.

It looks like Daniel Imperato will be speaking soon. [...]