Third Party Watch

New Libertarian Lists data suggests that while Wayne Allyn Root has a greater level of delegate support than Mary Ruwart, he would ultimately lose to her in a final round match-up with the newcomer to the presidential race. While previous surveys have showed a fairly strong lead for Root, they didn’t test for this [...]

While I don’t like Mike Gravel’s latest YouTube as much as last night’s “power to the people vs give peace a chance,” it’s still pretty interesting—and it certainly beats current Libertarian Party Rap King Daniel Imperato’s greatest work. Here’s how Gravel transforms a composition “taken by Charles Manson as elaborate prophecy of a war [...]

Joseph K. Cooper reports that Wayne Allyn Root may have some competition in his bid for the Libertarian Party nomination: Mike Gravel.

Root:

“[Gravel]’s not a Libertarian,” said Root. “There’s nothing about him that is Libertarian. I don’t think the Libertarian Party has any interest in a senator that was defeated twenty-five years ago who [...]

Sarah Elkins of Newsweek just ran a long and insightful interview about former Senator Mike Gravel. From the intro to the interview:

Last Monday, the former Democrat swung by the Libertarian Party’s national headquarters and defected. “We handed him a [membership] card on the spot,” says Shane Cory, the party’s executive director. Two days later, [...]

Here’s the local view (from Fairbanks):

Former Alaska senator Mike Gravel said on Thursday that he has no intention of giving up his struggle to be the next president of the United States.

Gravel, who earlier in the week announced he was leaving the Democratic Party to seek the Libertarian Party nomination for president, blamed the leadership [...]

According to his website, Libertarian/Democratic party presidential hopeful Mike Gravel is scheduled appear on CNN tomorrow:

Sunday, March 30 @ 6:30 PM
March 28th, 2008 by Peace Czar
Summary:
Interview on CNN Newsroom with Rick Sanchez

Senator Gravel will appear live on CNN Newsroom Sunday with host Rick Sanchez. He will discuss his recent switch to the Libertarian Party, [...]

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Libertarian Lists has initiated new online survey. While anyone may participate in the poll, this one is primarily geared towards Libertarian Party members, as the questions deal with Libertarian Party presidential candidates and other Libertarian National Convention issues. If you aren’t an LP member, don’t worry—the next [...]

Both Eric Dondero and “ElfNinos Mom” (ENM) have recently interviewed Democratic/Libertarian presidential candidate Mike Gravel. Considering that they come from generally opposing ends of the libertarian spectrum on a wide range of issues, the contrast is interesting. Dondero’s interview was live on BlogTalkRadio, while ENM’s is presented as a well-written article over [...]