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Bob Barr nominated Libertarian Presidential Candidate

Libertarian Party picks Barr as presidential candidate
DENVER (AP) — The Libertarian Party has picked former Republican Rep. Bob Barr to be its presidential candidate after six rounds of balloting.
Barr beat research scientist Mary Ruwart, who was the party’s presidential nominee in 1983 and vice presidential candidate in 1992. Barr left [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2008 | Tags: Bob Barr, Democrat, Libertarian Party, Presidential Candidates, Republican | Category: Bob Barr, Congress, Constitution, Democrat, Elections, Electoral College, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Human Rights, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, National Debt, Politics, President, Primaries, Republican, White House, candidates, civil liberties, election reform | Comments (5)

Edwards rules out vice presidential run with Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential contender John Edwards said on Friday he would not be Democratic front-runner Barack Obama’s running mate, but did not rule out taking a role in an Obama administration.

“Won’t happen,” Edwards told NBC’s “Today” program when asked if he would be Obama’s [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 17th, 2008 | Tags: Al Gore, Bloomberg, Edwards, Election, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius, nominee, Obama, Presidential Candidates, Progressive, Vice President | Category: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bloomberg, Commander In Chief Test, Edwards, Election, Jim Webb, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, Politics, President, Primaries, Progressive, Vice President, candidates, polls | Leave a comment

While the pundits talk about the candidates being tied and focusing on the super delegates, it would be nice if they were all on the same page on the delegate count. The limited patience and attention span of the pundits who can’t wait for the remaining 11 states and territories to have their primaries are [...]

Posted by nytexan March 10th, 2008 | Category: Caucus, Clinton, Delegate Count, Democrat, Obama, Politics, Primaries, candidates | Comments (8)

In a recent New York Times article, Hillary Clinton donors are concerned about where all the money has gone. After reading the article, you have to wonder how Hillary Clinton would run our pitiful economy after the millions mismanaged on her campaign.
NYT: by Michael Luo, Jo Becker and Patrick Healy and was written by Mr. [...]

Posted by nytexan February 25th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Election, Politics, Primaries | Comments (1)

10,000 Special Ballots Being Counted - A Crush of Voters and Unanticipated Turnout Caused a Shortage of Paper
Poll workers, “scared” of technology, refused to make touch-screen machines available, Miller said. “Some of our workers don’t like the electronic machines,” she said. “Some of them tried to hide them. . . . [...]

Posted by bosskitty February 16th, 2008 | Category: Diebold, Primaries, Vote, ballots | Comments (2)

Hillary Clinton, who has been touting change and wanting to move in a different direction than Bush, seems to have a Bush affliction for breaking the rules. Clinton, who earlier in the year went against party rules by not requesting her name be removed from the Michigan ballot, now wants those stripped delegates back. [...]

Posted by nytexan January 27th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, DNC, Edwards, Election, Florida, Michigan, Obama, Politics, Primaries, delegates | Comments (46)

h/t to Christopher at From the Left for exposing the continued hypocrisies of the Hill & Bill Circus

At the Myrtle Beach Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton bleated the following:
“I was fighting against [Republican] ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago.”
Hillary’s comments were discredited [...]

Posted by nytexan January 25th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Election, Obama, Primaries, Rezko, Vote | Comments (3)

I have really had my fill of both Hillary and Bill Clinton a/k/a the Hill & Bill Show Circus, which is exactly what they have made this primary season. Both Bill and Hillary are the old guard of the same old politics as usual. This is blatantly obvious with the constant attacks, skirting of the [...]

Posted by nytexan January 25th, 2008 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Edwards, Obama, Politics, Primaries, Vote | Comments (6)