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Ever since Ralph Nader and his 1.6 percent share of the Florida vote was widely blamed for handing the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, Americans, their frustration with the two-party system notwithstanding, seem to have had shied away from supporting third-party presidential candidates. Unless Thomas Friedman manages to ... More »
For those who yawn at the thought of this fall’s presidential debates, Newton Minow offers a reason to watch and learn. “(John) Kennedy told me, ‘I never would have been elected except for the presidential debates,” said Minow, the co-vice chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, who shared his insights at The Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy in Mettawa this month. Minow, a Chicago ...
They had the money. They had the organization. They had the ballot access. What they were missing, however, was a candidate.
Barack Obama's record of violating basic rights is far worse than George W. Bush's. Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog... Read more on the blog...
Freed from the obligation to pander to voters, Roseanne Barr, Jill Stein, and Kent Mesplay still fail to offer unpopular but realistic proposals.
News item: Florida's Department of State reported this month that there are more than 53,000 dead Floridians who are registered to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
After raising millions of dollars to boost a centrist candidate for president, the nonprofit Americans Elect has given up. But there's more involved than just a nation unready for a third party.
Barack Obama's own literary agents were still listing the U.S President's birthplace as Kenya in their online author bios two months after he first announced his run for president in 2007.
On Thursday, the board of Americans Elect folded its presidential nominating process after the set of declared candidates repeatedly failed to muster the support required to receive the group’s backing.
An investigation by the 10News I-Team found some of California's politicians are taking money from a man tied to a dictator accused of murdering his own people.
Roseanne Barr is running for President of the United States. Seriously. The former El Segundo resident and TV star is vying for the Green Party nomination. If you are one of those people whose first reaction is that she is pulling some sort of publicity stunt, she has something to say.
From now until November, we will be treated to a daily diet of public opinion polls. Who’s up, who’s down, and what it all means will be our bread and butter for the next six months. I may choke. read more
Change of plans: Americans Don?t Elect. Despite achieving ?every stated operational goal,? the classy organization dedicated to fielding a legitimate third-party candidate on every state ballot is throwing in the towel. The problem, said CEO Khalil Bird, is simple: ?no candidate has reached the national support threshold required to enter the ?Americans Elect Online Convention? ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The surreal moment at the Green Party's recent presidential debate in San Francisco came just after it ended, when candidate Roseanne Barr -- yes, that Roseanne Barr -- got campaign advice from punk pioneer and previous Green Oval Office candidate Jello Biafra. He urged Barr to "use your humor." read more
Sure, we still have the right to vote. But the choices we are offered are usually determined by a political establishment mostly dominated by corporate money and a vast apparatus of election consultants, public relations hacks and lobbyists.
Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul.