Campaigns & Elections

Ron Paul’s Tax Day Money Bomb Packs Limited Punch

Ron Paul’s Tax Day Money Bomb Packs Limited Punch

As Ron Paul’s latest 3-day long money bomb wraps up, the defiant Republican’s campaign has now raised only about half of their stated goal. Officially called “The Only Candidate for Real Reform Money Bomb” and the “Taxpayer Freedom Money Bomb” the fundraising effort set out […]

by · April 18, 2012 · 1 comment ·
Americans Elect: Draft Mark Cuban for President

Americans Elect: Draft Mark Cuban for President

With only about three weeks to go before the Americans Elect process really gets underway, none of the declared candidates are even close to gaining enough support to qualify for the online caucus. At least under the current rules. So I started to wonder if […]

by · April 17, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Buddy Roemer on Pace to Qualify for Americans Elect Ballot by August 2013

Buddy Roemer on Pace to Qualify for Americans Elect Ballot by August 2013

Visit the Americans Elect website and you’ll see a notice that there are only 22 days left until the first round of caucusing gets underway.   The problem with that is, as of yet, no declared candidates have collected enough support to participate in the caucus. […]

by · April 15, 2012 · 1 comment ·
Newt’s Terrible, Horrible, Kinda Good, Very Bad Week

Newt’s Terrible, Horrible, Kinda Good, Very Bad Week

This week Newt Gingrich finally got what he’s wanted all along, a one-on-one shot at Mitt Romney in the Republican primary race.  The only problem is, Romney has such a commanding lead in the delegate count that the media has determined the race all-but-over and […]

by · April 14, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Rocky’s Difficult Road to the Americans Elect Nomination

Rocky’s Difficult Road to the Americans Elect Nomination

The other day we took note of former Governor Buddy Roemer’s struggles to make it to the next round of balloting in the Americans Elect online caucus.  But there’s actually someone who is in even worse shape, under the Americans Elect rules.  Its Rocky Anderson, […]

by · April 13, 2012 · 1 comment ·
American Nazi Party Registers a Lobbyist

American Nazi Party Registers a Lobbyist

White supremacist gadfly and former “presidential candidate” John Bowles has registered to represent the American Nazi Party as a lobbyist on Capitol Hill. “Of course I won’t approach anybody in Congress unless it’s a very interesting issue or law,” Bowles promised U.S. News and World […]

by · April 12, 2012 · 0 comments ·
Gingrich Fumes About Fox News at Delaware Tea Party Meeting

Gingrich Fumes About Fox News at Delaware Tea Party Meeting

As former Speaker Newt Gingrich continues his increasingly long-shot presidential campaign, focusing heavily on the state of Delaware, he’s begun opening up and speaking more candidly about the state of the Republican Party and other topics. At a private meeting with more than a dozen […]

by · April 11, 2012 · 1 comment ·
Ralph Nader (Kinda) Endorses Rocky Anderson

Ralph Nader (Kinda) Endorses Rocky Anderson

Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson appeared with Ralph Nader today at a press conference in Portland, Oregon. However, according to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News, Nader stopped short of an actual endorsement: “Nader said he supports the decision of the Oregon Progressive Party, […]

by · April 10, 2012 · 3 comments ·
Buddy Roemer Struggling to Make Americans Elect Ballot

Buddy Roemer Struggling to Make Americans Elect Ballot

Buddy Roemer seems like the closest thing to a front-runner in the Americans Elect race, as he’s attracted by-far the most support of any declared candidate for the AE nomination.  Yet, because of the rules currently in place, he still may not qualify for the […]

by · April 10, 2012 · 10 comments ·
Rocky’s Money Bomb Fizzles

Rocky’s Money Bomb Fizzles

Justice Party presidential candidate, and former Salt Lake City mayor, Rocky Anderson staged a “money bomb” style online fundraiser today.  Unfortunately for him, few donors actually showed up with their credit cards. The effort was billed as “$10k for April 10th” and aimed to raised […]

by · April 10, 2012 · 2 comments ·