Republican voters had an opportunity to examine Ron Paul in detail during the 2008 primary season. The result? Paul averaged only 5.58% in the Republican primaries he contested, and that figure actually exaggerates his appeal because it includes late season primaries where he was the only alternative […]
Fred Karger, the first openly gay candidate to seek a major-party presidential nomination, received a major boost on Thursday by winning the Saint Anselm College Republican Straw Poll in Manchester, New Hampshire. A longtime Republican activist-turned-political consultant, Karger was the only one of the nearly […]
Former Democratic Senatorial nominee Alvin Greene took some time off from his nonsensical presidential campaign to mount a bid for State House in a special election. It didn’t go so well for the self-styled action hero. The Democratic primary was held on February 15, 2011. […]
Planning to extend his 15 minutes of fame after winning a surprise victory in last year’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, colorful candidate Alvin Greene announced last year he would run for President. Now, he’s taking a detour to run for a seat in the South […]
Author and local historian David A. Farrow has announced his candidacy for mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. A former columnist for the Charleston Post and Courier, Farrow will challenge nine-term Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., the city’s longest-serving mayor in next year‘s non-partisan election.
Former Godfathers Pizza CEO and conservative radio talk host Herman Cain has made it clear he will be launching a Presidential Exploratory Committee in the coming weeks. “We could be talking about an exploratory committee real soon,” Cain slyfully told host Neil Cavuto during a […]
Former U.S. Senator and 2008 Presidential candidate Mike Gravel is opening the door to a potential second run for President in 2012. Gravel, who left the Senate in 1980, is best known for his role in releasing the Pentagon Papers. In an interview with The […]
Libertarian Party founder David Nolan, who passed away on Sunday, was his party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona earlier this year. In memory of his passing, here is a 10-minute interview that Nolan did earlier this year with a website called Motorhome Diaries. During […]
Following the recent passing of Libertarian Party founder David Nolan, it seemed appropriate to offer up one of his most important pieces of writing — The Case For a Libertarian Political Party. The article has been made freely available on numerous websites and the full text of […]
David Nolan, the principal founder of the Libertarian Party, died Sunday. He was just two days shy of his 67th birthday. Initial speculation was that Nolan had a heart attack, although at least one libertarian website is now reporting that he actually suffered a stroke while […]
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