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	<title>Third Party Watch</title>
	<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Peace &#038; Freedom Party Likely to be in 3-way Special State Senate Election</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/02/11/peace-freedom-party-likely-to-be-in-3-way-special-state-senate-election/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/02/11/peace-freedom-party-likely-to-be-in-3-way-special-state-senate-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody Quirk</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>State Races</category>
	<category>Other Minor Parties</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/02/11/peace-freedom-party-likely-to-be-in-3-way-special-state-senate-election/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ballot Access News

	California holds a special election for the vacant 51st district State Senate in Los Angeles County on March 24. Six Democrats, one Peace &#38; Freedom Party member, and one Republican are running. Since two of the Democrats are incumbent Assemblymembers, it is extremely likely that no one will get 50% of the vote. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chuck Baldwin speaks out against new Constitutional Convention</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/14/chuck-baldwin-speaks-out-against-new-constitutional-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/14/chuck-baldwin-speaks-out-against-new-constitutional-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody Quirk</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Interviews</category>
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Opinion</category>
	<category>Campaign 2008</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/14/chuck-baldwin-speaks-out-against-new-constitutional-convention/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	

	by Bob Unruh

	Globalists are &#8220;salivating&#8221; over the possibility of a Constitutional Convention at which issues such as the 2nd Amendment could handily be dismissed, according to a leader who warns Virginia likely is the next target for the drive.

	&#8220;There is no question in my mind that, should a new Constitutional Convention be called, it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chuck Baldwin on &#8216;the best and worst of 2008&#8242;</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/07/chuck-baldwin-on-the-best-and-worst-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/07/chuck-baldwin-on-the-best-and-worst-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Campaign 2008</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/07/chuck-baldwin-on-the-best-and-worst-of-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Chuck Baldwin reflects on his presidential campaign as the candidate of the Constitution Party, noting that it took him and his family over 30,000 miles in more than 30 states.

	His &#8220;best&#8221; nominations from the campaign include Ron Paul, Lou Dobbs, and the John Birch Society.  See here for the Birch Society&#8217;s appreciative response.

	His &#8220;worst&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas corrects clerical error in Presidential Returns</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/06/texas-corrects-clerical-error-in-presidential-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/06/texas-corrects-clerical-error-in-presidential-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody Quirk</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Election Results</category>
	<category>Campaign 2008</category>
	<category>Socialist Party(ies)</category>
	<category>Independent Candidate</category>
	<category>Cynthia McKinney</category>
	<category>Ralph Nader</category>
	<category>Presidential Race</category>
	<category>Alan Keyes</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/06/texas-corrects-clerical-error-in-presidential-returns/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ballot Access News

	The Texas Secretary of State has corrected some clerical errors that had crept into the official November 2008 presidential returns, for the declared write-in candidates.

	As a result, Chuck Baldwin gained 343 votes, Ralph Nader gained 226 votes, Cynthia McKinney gained 160 votes, and Jonathan Allan gained one vote.

	Also, Brian Moore lost 778 votes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both major political parties brought police state to America</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/both-major-political-parties-brought-police-state-to-america/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/both-major-political-parties-brought-police-state-to-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/both-major-political-parties-brought-police-state-to-america/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	01/04/2009

	BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES BROUGHT POLICE STATE TO AMERICA
By Mary Starrett
Constitution Party Communications Director

	The word &#8220;fascism&#8221; has been used for decades to deride political ideologies of both the right and left. Fact is, fascism has come to America and we have allowed it to happen.

	Back in 1944 economist and author John Flynn pointed out that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Conservatives still run more candidates than any other minor party</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/new-york-conservatives-still-run-more-candidates-than-any-other-minor-party/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/new-york-conservatives-still-run-more-candidates-than-any-other-minor-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2009/01/05/new-york-conservatives-still-run-more-candidates-than-any-other-minor-party/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	From the January 3 issue of Ballot Access News:

	The Conservative Party of New York has been the minor party that runs candidates in the largest share of its state&#8217;s legislative seats, compared to any other minor party. This has been true continuously starting in 1970. The Conservatives hit their peak (for number of legislative nominees) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Weyrich, RIP</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/paul-weyrich-rip/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/paul-weyrich-rip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/paul-weyrich-rip/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Jon Basil Utley, on the Antiwar.com blog, gives another view of conservative patriarch Paul Weyrich, who died last Thursday.  While most people are familiar with Weyrich&#8217;s role on social issues, Utley focuses on his war position and support for civil liberties.  He notes, for example:

	Weyrich also funded for several years an e-mail letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge dismisses Nader lawsuit against Democrats</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/judge-dismisses-nader-lawsuit-against-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/judge-dismisses-nader-lawsuit-against-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Independent Candidate</category>
	<category>Ralph Nader</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/judge-dismisses-nader-lawsuit-against-democrats/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina has dismissed a lawsuit by Ralph Nader that accused the Democratic Party of conspiring to keep him off the ballot in 2004.  Nader ran as an independent candidate for President this year.  The Associated Press story is here.
 ]]></description>
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		<title>Maine&#8217;s Green chairwoman to run for governor</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/maines-green-chairwoman-to-run-for-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/maines-green-chairwoman-to-run-for-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Green Party</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/23/maines-green-chairwoman-to-run-for-governor/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Lynne Williams,  an attorney who has championed numerous environmental and human rights causes in Maine, has announced that she intends to run for governor in 2010.  She is state chairman of the Maine Green Independent Party and serves on the planning board in Bar Harbor.

	The Bangor Daily News covers her entry into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constitution Party Presidential Vote compared- 2004 to 2008</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/19/constitution-party-presidential-vote-compared-2004-to-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/19/constitution-party-presidential-vote-compared-2004-to-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody Quirk</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Election Results</category>
	<category>History</category>
	<category>Campaign 2008</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
	<category>Presidential Race</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/19/constitution-party-presidential-vote-compared-2004-to-2008/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ballot Access News

	In 2004, Constitution Party presidential nominee Michael Peroutka was on the ballot in states containing 66.4% of the national presidential vote. Where he was on the ballot, he polled .173% of the total presidential vote in those places.

	In 2008, Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin was on the ballot in states containing 59.0% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got birth certificate?</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/got-birth-certificate/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/got-birth-certificate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Release</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/got-birth-certificate/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The following is a media release from the Constitution Party:


	12/09/2008

	Got Birth Certificate?
Constitution Party Calls For Barack Obama To Prove Eligibility For Office

	Lancaster, PA, The country&#8217;s fastest-growing third party (Ballot Access News 12/08) challenged Barack Obama to release his birth certificate and dispel the grave concerns that he is ineligible to assume office as president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greens offer 6 big steps for economic recovery</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/greens-offer-6-big-steps-for-economic-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/greens-offer-6-big-steps-for-economic-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Release</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Green Party</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/15/greens-offer-6-big-steps-for-economic-recovery/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The following is a media release from the Green Party of the United States:

	Greens offer six big steps for economic recovery

	GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

	Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org

	Greens support workers occupying a factory in Chicago after layoff: bailout money isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selective constitutionalism</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/selective-constitutionalism/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/selective-constitutionalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/selective-constitutionalism/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The following is a column by Chuck Baldwin, the 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate:

	Selective Constitutionalism
By Chuck Baldwin
December 9, 2008

	Many conservatives are up in arms regarding the charge that President-elect Barack Obama may not have been born in the United States and is, therefore, not qualified under the U.S. Constitution to be President of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third-party candidates made the difference in 3 states</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/third-party-candidates-made-the-difference-in-3-states/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/third-party-candidates-made-the-difference-in-3-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Campaign 2008</category>
	<category>Libertarian Party</category>
	<category>Constitution Party</category>
	<category>Independent Candidate</category>
	<category>Ralph Nader</category>
	<category>Presidential Race</category>
	<category>Bob Barr</category>
	<category>Chuck Baldwin</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/third-party-candidates-made-the-difference-in-3-states/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	The Houston Chronicle&#8217;s Texas on the Potomac blog gives the vote totals for Indiana, North Carolina, and Missouri.  It is obvious that Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr and Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader got enough votes to make the difference in those three states between the two major-party candidates.  (Constitution Party presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nader and the politics of a carbon tax</title>
		<link>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/nader-and-the-politics-of-a-carbon-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/nader-and-the-politics-of-a-carbon-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TPW News Items</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Ralph Nader</category>
		<guid>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/12/09/nader-and-the-politics-of-a-carbon-tax/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Herman K. Trabish in the NewEnergyNews blog is surprised to see the carbon tax emerge again after the election, when both Obama and McCain had supported versions of a cap-and-trade system:

	A tax on emissions (dubbed a &#8220;carbon tax&#8221;) was considered a better idea but politically unreachable.

	That was then.

	In the past few days, consumer advocate Ralph [...]]]></description>
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