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Virginia’s Jim Webb Eyes Possible White House Candidacy

Virginia’s Jim Webb Eyes Possible White House Candidacy

Former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, who plans to give a major speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, appears poised to join the growing list of potential challengers to presumptive Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in 2016. The former Secretary of […]

by · September 19, 2014 · 0 comments ·
Ann Coulter Wants to Murder Libertarian Voters (Seriously)

Ann Coulter Wants to Murder Libertarian Voters (Seriously)

If you’re planning to support a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate this November, Ann Coulter has a message for you.  The conservative columnist would like to end your life. Her latest column is a “to-do list to Save America” or some such nonsense. In it […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 11 comments ·
Time Capsule: Benjamin Spock Stumps in Bennington in ’72

Time Capsule: Benjamin Spock Stumps in Bennington in ’72

Benjamin Spock, the nation’s most famous pediatrician and the People’s Party candidate for president, carried his antiwar message to students at Bennington College in Vermont during this week in 1972. The 69-year-old Spock, who had spoken on hundreds of college campuses in the late sixties […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 2 comments ·
Kansas Court Allows Democrat to Remove Name from Ballot

Kansas Court Allows Democrat to Remove Name from Ballot

A major win today for independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman, as Kansas’ Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic nominee may remove his name from the November ballot. Democrat Chad Taylor, who ended his bid for the Senate seat a few weeks ago, had […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 0 comments ·
New Poll: Independent Walker Leads in Alaska Governor’s Race

New Poll: Independent Walker Leads in Alaska Governor’s Race

A new poll out today from Hays Research Group has independent candidate Bill Walker leading incumbent Republican Governor Sean Parnell by 7 percentage points. Walker has surged in recent weeks, since the Democratic nominee agreed to drop his own bid and join Walker’s ticket as […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 0 comments ·
Despite Strong Polling, Libertarian Barred from Florida Gubernatorial Debate

Despite Strong Polling, Libertarian Barred from Florida Gubernatorial Debate

Florida voters who tune in to the Florida Press Association’s gubernatorial debate on October 15 will be able to hear from two Republican governors.  Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott will take on former Republican Governor Charlie Crist, who ditched the GOP in 2010 and is now […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 4 comments ·
Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Gets a Second Chance

Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Gets a Second Chance

By an overwhelming margin, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill modeled after former congressman Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” legislation. With 106 Democrats supporting the bill, the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act” was approved by a bipartisan vote of 333-92. A similar […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 0 comments ·
South Carolina’s Tom Ervin Sinks an Additional $500,000 into Television Ads

South Carolina’s Tom Ervin Sinks an Additional $500,000 into Television Ads

Tom Ervin, a wealthy lawyer, self-styled “independent Republican” and wild card in South Carolina’s closely-contested gubernatorial race between incumbent Republican Nikki Haley and Democratic State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, recently upped the stakes in that three-cornered battle by purchasing an additional $500,000 in television advertising — […]

by · September 18, 2014 · 0 comments ·
Still Fighting the Duopoly: Nader Boosts Green Party Candidates in New York

Still Fighting the Duopoly: Nader Boosts Green Party Candidates in New York

Consumer activist and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader traveled to Glens Falls and Albany this past Sunday to lend his support to two promising Green Party candidates — gubernatorial hopeful Howie Hawkins and congressional candidate Matt Funiciello, the latter of whom is polling double digits […]

by · September 17, 2014 · 2 comments ·
‘Battling Biden’ Delivers Fiery Populist Message in Iowa

‘Battling Biden’ Delivers Fiery Populist Message in Iowa

Hoping to bolster his long-shot presidential prospects, Vice President Joe Biden delivered a decidedly populist message in Iowa earlier today. The folks on Capitol Hill have been asking all of the wrong questions, declared Biden, who appeared in Iowa only three days after former Secretary […]

by · September 17, 2014 · 0 comments ·