If you want to catch a hot debate, do not miss NADER FEST ’08.
At a Denver café on July 27, Ralph Nader plans an issues oriented debate. The issues are many—nuclear disarmament, same-sex unions, healthcare, Iraq and so on. A debate involves more than one, and Nader has a surprise opponent. Obama? McCain? Barr? No, [...]

But it wasn’t an easy nomination process…
Denver — Georgia’s Bob Barr won a long and tense battle Sunday for the 2008 Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and now faces the daunting task of doing what no third-party candidate has done: Win in November.
It took six ballots and nearly five hours of voting at the Libertarian National [...]

 
I’ve been dying to draw a Ron Paul cartoon, especially as a lesbian! The Libertarian convention is happening this week, and with Georgia congressman Bob Barr coming out of the closet, the Republicans are afraid…very afraid of the L word.

Looks like the Libertarians are going to field a candidate who could actually have a voice in the conversation this year…thanks to the groundwork laid by Paul.
From Philly.com:
Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, is an all-but-announced presidential candidate - as a Libertarian.
The possibility of a run by Barr has sent shudders through the mainstream [...]

Perennial candidate and hyper-conservative gadfly Alan Keyes has decided to move on to a party that believes the Constitution suggests America should be a Christian state.
From their website…
The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. [...]

Greetings! I’m Marcia Ford — journalist, writing guru, blogger, and author of We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter. Oh, and I’m a Christian, an evangelical no less. Ordinarily, I’d withhold that last bit of information for a while; I’d rather have people get to know me before they make wild and crazy [...]

Is Chuck Hagel right in his new book? Do we need an independent president or a third party? Hagel, a Republican who’s been critical of the war in Iraq, is clearly frustrated at being pummeled by his own party for his contrarian viewpoint. I’m sure he’d be happy if he could join a new party [...]

[Republished from 2008Central.net]
Virtually all the coverage is focused on John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. So, what else is going on in Presidential Election land? Some notes…

Politically irrelevant (and justifiably so) candidate, Daniel Imperato draws the ire of a librarian. Apparently, Imperato has been placing press releases framed as news stories [...]

for the current incarnation of the Republican Party, it is all over. The only remaining suspense is to see what Alien-like creature of hell will erupt through the GOP chest cavity as it convulses in its final death throes.

George Phillies sent me an email today giving me heads up that Ron Paul has stated, once and for all, he’s not making a 3rd party run.
And with these words a revolution dies…
Let me tell you my thoughts. With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect [...]

Super Tuesday was a big fat bust for Ron Paul, and yet he soldiers on for the GOP nomination.
Why?
From Wired:
Paul did better in the Northern Midwest caucus states, placing second in Montana, third in North Dakota and fourth, but with 15 percent of the vote in Minnesota. He also placed third with 17 percent [...]

Looks like my previous post applies less to Ron Paul and more to Michael Bloomberg.
From GazetteXtra:
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg may soon begin a massive operation to get on the ballot in up to 15 states even though the billionaire mayor may not decide until May whether to run for president, according to associates.
Despite [...]

Hey Ron Paul supporters, here’s a Just a helpful list. At least if you want to convince him to become an independent presidential candidate…
Mar. 17: Utah
Mar. 21: Idaho
May 8: Texas
Jun. 1: North Carolina
Jun. 4: Arizona, New Mexico
Jun. 13: New Hampshire
Jun. 17: Colorado
Jun. 23: Illinois
Jun. 25: Rhode Island
Jun. 27, 2008: North Carolina
Jun. 30: Indiana
Jul. 1: Maryland
Jul. [...]

Louisiana was a mess and still was a non-story. He didn’t even come close to taking Maine. It’s highly unlikely he’ll be getting any traction on Super Tuesday.
So, what now?
No doubt you all can raise money at an impressive clip, but it’s not translating into votes. So what are you going to do with [...]

What about both of them?
Rasmussen has the numbers…
Twenty-six percent (26%) of American voters believe New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at least somewhat likely to make a third-party or independent bid for the White House in 2008. That includes 5% who say he is Very Likely to do so.
Twenty-nine percent (29%) say that Texas [...]

The Mormons came out en masse for Mitt today and he won Nevada handily. That’s two wins in a row for the former Governor, but there’s no doubt he’s going to lose in South Carolina today.
Also, some good news for the Paulites today. They may just get some delegates after all! Presently, they’re leading McCain [...]

First off, I know a lot of you Paulites have told me you’ve read what was printed in the newsletters and you don’t think it was all that bad. Well, fair enough. That’s your opinion and I respect your right to make it. Of course I completely disagree, but that’s neither here or there at [...]

Over at Poligazette Jason Steck ruminates about the demise of Dr. No, and while I do agree that Paul is going to find it impossible to dig out from under the weight of nearly a decades’ worth of newsletters and 1-800 number, I think he started something that will live beyond him. The only question [...]

It seems obvious now, that from the beginning Unity08 was indeed a Mike Bloomberg stalking horse, funded and staffed by Bloomberg loyalists. They couldn’t pull off the Bloomberg run within the Unity08 structure, so they suddenly close up shop to make room for the imminent Bloomberg Independent candidacy, redirecting management and money resources to the impending campaign.

Well, that’s the rumor at least…
From NY Daily News:
A source familiar with the Bloomberg for president movement says the bipartisan Unity08 effort is poised to shut down its Web site, reconstitute as a Draft Bloomberg site and launch its own 50-state signature-gathering operation on behalf of the supposedly reluctant would-be independent presidential candidate.
This move has [...]