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Comedian, actress, talk show host Rosanne Barr endorses Cynthia McKinney

Ralph Nader at 6% in poll – shows

Independent Green L. Shirley Harvey in the 100 degree Richmond, Virginia summer heat to get on the ballot

David Cobb is a columnist for a California newspaper.

McKinney

Green Party candidates one stop shopping web site

Green Party speculation

Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia Mckinney

$1.6 Trillion in Defense department cost overruns

Ode to Hunter S. Thompson

Cynthia Mckinney asserts lead

Illinois Greens running over 60 candidates on ballot in November

The race for the Green Party presidential nomination: a tight Iowa contest

Within the last 24 hours, the Barr campaign has raised over $20,000 online. While a donation bump is expected after the nomination, $20,000 in a day is a strong showing for a minor candidate. However, that amount will need to build in order to run a competitive campaign. Bob Barr’s online tracker [...]

According to Richard Winger at Ballot Access News, Cynthia McKinney has locked up 50% of the delegates for the Green Party nomination, well ahead of their July convention.

Cynthia McKinney now has the support of over 50% of the delegates to the Green Party national convention. Although not all state Green Parties have chosen their delegates, [...]

From Cynthia McKinney’s website:

Greetings of IMANI (FAITH) President McKinney:

May our Divine Creator and Beloved Ancestors find you and the extended family in the best of spirit and health. Welcome back to the land of the original OHLONE people, to what is currently called the “california bay area.” It is so disappointing not to be able [...]

According to Google News…

Top tier

“Bob Barr”: Results 1 – 10 of about 1,143 for Bob-Barr
“Ralph Nader”: Results 1 – 10 of about 928 for Ralph-Nader

Second tier

“Mike Gravel”: Results 1 – 10 of about 188 for Mike-Gravel
“Alan Keyes”: Results 1 – 10 of about 185 for Alan-Keyes
“Cynthia McKinney”: Results 1 – 10 of about 169 for [...]

I’ve watched the 9/11 Truth movement within the Libertarian and Constitution Party, but haven’t really observed it within the Green Party before. This call for “Truthers” to support Cynthia McKinney’s candidacy is the first I’ve seen of the sort:

Many people in the 9/11 Truth Movement have understandably been energized by the Ron Paul campaign [...]

We thought we’d provide some video of the key independent and third party contenders for the presidential race in 2008. Our goal was to provide footage of video which (for the most part) hasn’t ever been embedded at Third Party Watch before. When possible, we selected video from the candidate’s official YouTube channel [...]

ConnieTalk provides a great wrap-up of where third party and independent presidential candidates will be this weekend:

Constitution Party: Former Republican Alan Keyes is now running his presidential campaign from the Constitution Party. The former UN Ambassador under Ronald Reagan discussed his recent break from the GOP at an April 15th rally in Hazleton, [...]

This video “chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who not only took an active role in investigating these election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9-11 terrorist attacks.”

Kevin Zeese is covering the three most prominent former elected officials who have recently jumped from either the Republican or Democratic Party who currently have (in Barr’s case, an exploratory committee) presidential aspirations.

McKinney:

The first to take the leap was former Representative Cynthia McKinney. McKinney served 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives where she [...]

The following statement is from the Cynthia McKinney presidential campaign:

Much has been made around the edges of this campaign about the issue of race. Sadly, nothing has been made of the public policy exigencies that arise because of the urgent racial disparities that continue to exist in our country.

I am glad that candidate Obama mentioned [...]

Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney was interviewed by Wikinews. Here are some short/clipped answers to the questions she was asked.

Q: Why go Green Party?

McKinney: Due to the importance of environmental issues, Green issues are the issues of today. The Ten Key Values of the Green Party stress us getting along with each other [...]