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Continue Reading December 18th, 2006
TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE.
SIX-WEEK LONG ELECTION NIGHT ENDS IN VERMONT; ALLEN STAFFS UP IN MAINE.
It took nearly six weeks — talk about a long election night wait — but we finally have a winner in the race for Vermont State Auditor. Incumbent Randy Brock (R) appeared the winner on election night by a margin of 137 votes. After the statewide recount, and correcting for errors in how paper ballots were tabulated in some rural communities, it turns out Brock lost to accountant Tom Salmon Jr. (D) by 104 votes. It was Vermont’s first statewide recount in 26 years. Before election day, Brock was one of six African-American Republicans holding statewide elective offices around the nation. Now, with Brock’s defeat — and the defeat of 3 others in 2006 — that GOP total drops to only two (Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson) … The Hotline reported Congressman Tom Allen (D-ME) appears to be staffing up his campaign for likely 2008 run against US Senator Susan Collins (R) … Hey, with the holidays and all, it was a rather slow news day for political stories.
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Continue Reading December 17th, 2006
MONDAY NEWS UPDATE.
BARR BOLTS; WARNER RECONSIDERS; TOMMY FILES; KEATING PONDERS; EDWARDS READIES.
Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr quit the Republican Party on Friday and joined the Libertarian Party. “I’m happy to announce that I am now a proud, card-carrying Libertarian who is committed to helping elect leaders who will strive for smaller government, lower taxes and abundant individual freedom,” said Barr. He served eight years in Congress before losing his seat in a reapportionment primary against another GOP incumbent. Barr was also appointed to a Regional Representative vacancy on the Libertarian National Committee. Barr currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association, and is an advisor to both the ACLU and the American Conservative Union. Barr has said repeatedly in the past he does not plan to seek elective office again, so don’t expect a 2008 Presidential run … The Hotline and PoliticalWire are both reporting that former Virginia Governor Mark Warner (D) is already reconsidering his unexpected October withdrawal from the 2008 Presidential race. He’s reportedly waiting to see what develops in the next few months with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before making any new decision. Meanwhile, Warner is keeping his leadership PAC active and recently sent holiday cards to key New Hampshire Dems … Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (R) filed FEC paperwork on Thursday to establish his Presidential exploratory committee. No website yet … On a related note, I forgot to mention a week ago that Governors Janet Napolitano (D-AZ), Kathryn Sebelius (D-KS), Brian Schweitzer (D-MT), and Phil Bredesen (D-TN) jointly issued statements at the recent Democratic Governors Conference that they will all pass on the 2008 White House race. However, they each made a point of saying they were not closing the door on running for President in a future election … Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating (R) is considering jumping into the 2008 Presidential contest, according to the AP. Keating expressed a concern that the current likely GOP field of hopefuls “lacks a Ronald Reagan conservative.” If he runs, Keating would have to explain the financial scandal allegations that reportedly caused President Bush to pass over Keating for Attorney General after the 2000 election … Former US Senator John Edwards (D-NC) will announce his 2008 Presidential candidacy before the end of this month. He will reportedly make the announcement from the New Orleans neighborhood hit hardest last year by Hurricane Katrina, to illustrate the gap between how rich and poor are treated in America … US Senator Tim Johnson’s office reports he is progressing well from the emergency brain surgery he underwent last week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Johnson is now expected to be “just fine” once he completes his recovery.
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Continue Reading December 15th, 2006
…and things get interesting.
From the Independent Online:
Students in Jennifer Copley’s seventh-period AP government class never got a chance to ask Rick Jore, C-Ronan, about his appointment as chair of the House Education Committee. Jore, along with fellow Constitution Party members Marilyn Hatch and Kandi Matthew-Jenkins, spent the better part of …
Continue Reading December 15th, 2006
I got ‘em in the mail last night, and as promised, I’m offering a review. It’s my opinion that, to a certain extent, a campaign is generally well-reflected in its bumper stickers.
So yes. It’s nothing too flashy, but it gets the job done. No Statue of Liberty graphics, just the …
Continue Reading December 15th, 2006
Stuart earlier shared a link to an article in the Missouli Independent. Jore has responded, correcting the reporter’s characterization of him as being “uneasy” with the prolife lecture delivered to the students in the class by his fellow members of the Constitution Party of Montana:
I have no idea why …
Continue Reading December 14th, 2006
What’s that you say?
So maybe finally, after a long awaited period of time… could it be? Maybe Hammer of Truth is back and LibertyMix is finally launched?
I get a little clock counting down to 7:00 AM Eastern Time…
Now I’ve never jumped in this fight because I didn’t invest …
Continue Reading December 14th, 2006
Socialist support has declined precipitously in America in recent years, but there are still holdouts. A piece in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune examines what’s left of the reds.
When she graduates from Ringling School of Art and Design next year, aspiring photojournalist Cassandra Avalon will bail on her apartment, located in …
Continue Reading December 14th, 2006
I found an interesting article on Canada’s two minor parties. I gotta confess that watching Canadian politics has been a hobby of mine ever since I dated a girl in British Columbia. Even though it’ll likely never affect me, it’s an interesting mirror to what American politics might …
Continue Reading December 14th, 2006
I’m not trying to start another war (even though one’s probably gonna come anyway) but I figured this’d probably be relevant information about the Badnarik campaign’s “secret plan” or whatever. I’m typically not one to pick on a guy’s religious beliefs but this is just… well, you be the …
Continue Reading December 14th, 2006
Oregon State Senator Ben Westlund was first a Republican. Then he switched to an Independent and launched a campaign for governor. Then he dropped out of the race, endorsed the Democrat, and finally now is becoming a Democrat himself.
The letter from Westlund to his supporters on his decision …
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