9 Days In, No Americans Elect Presidential Candidates are on Pace to Get on the Ballot

Jim Cook 2/9/2012
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In a publicity release sent out on January 17 2012, Americans Elect declared the GOP presidential nomination race to be sadly all wrapped up after Iowa and New Hampshire. Americans in other states wanting to express their presidential choice would …

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When Is A Liberal Not A Liberal?

Peregrin Wood 2/9/2012
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the next time you meet one of your “liberal” friends who starts talking about how wonderful Barack Obama is, you do not turn your head away sheepishly and change the subject of the conversation. You say to your friend, “I thought you were liberal, but I don’t understand how any liberal can support the terrible right wing policies that Barack Obama has been promoting.”

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Rocky Anderson Presidential Campaign Promotes Separation Of Church And State

jclifford 2/9/2012
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In an economy with high unemployment, Barack Obama’s support for religious discrimination in hiring is particularly cruel. Rocky Anderson, the Justice Party presidential candidate, supports the separation of church and state that Obama so casually casts off.

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Support for Draft Donald Trump Campaign Jumps by 50% in One Day at Americans Elect

Jim Cook 2/8/2012
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Yesterday Donald Trump’s draft presidential campaign had 2 supporters. Now he has 3.

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Rick Santorum Can’t Keep His Hate Straight

Peregrin Wood 2/8/2012
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In the real world, several states recognize that the scope of marriage is bigger than what’s imagined in Rick Santorum’s small vision. Marriage is not and has not always been defined as only between one man and one woman. That’s a fact.

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A Map of 2012 Missouri Republican Primary Results by County

Jim Cook 2/8/2012
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Everyone’s heard by now that the results of the Republican Party primary in Missouri on November 2012 blew the supposed front-runner, Mitt Romney, out of the water. They drenched supposed second-place leader Newt Gingrich to boot. With 100% of precincts …

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Santorum Santorum Santorum!

Peregrin Wood 2/8/2012
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In Rick Santorum’s Fantasy America, everybody is an “independent financial advisor”… a broker who sells stocks and derivatives and other investment schemes for the big companies on Wall Street. These are the people who were selling credit default swaps right before the recession hit.

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Rocky Anderson Campaigns With Charles Dickens As Running Mate

F. G. Fitzer 2/7/2012
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If Charles Dickens could come back from the dead, he would make a perfect running mate for Rocky Anderson… except for the fact that he’s an English citizen. Darn. Two strikes.

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Donald Trump Wins Two Supporters for His Presidential Campaign

Jim Cook 2/7/2012
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Donald Trump may have very expensively arranged hair. Donald Trump may conclude that “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” Donald Trump may believe that Barack Obama materialized out of thin air. But it’s also true …

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Minnesota Green Party Holding Caucuses Tonight

jclifford 2/7/2012
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For those Minnesotans who are looking for a more compassionate political agenda, there’s the Green Party. The Green Party of Minnesota is holding caucuses of its own tonight, as a great alternative to the kooky GOP contest that’s getting most of the attention this year.

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Earth To Minnesota GOP: Will You Accept Global Warming Reality Now?

The Green Man 2/7/2012
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Somewhere in Minnesota, one decent Republican voter can propose today that the GOP in Minnesota stop its opposition to solutions to the immense and growing problem of climate change.

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Why Aren’t Minnesota Democrats Opposing Michele Bachmann?

Peregrin Wood 2/7/2012
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In the presidential contest, Bachmann established herself as an out-of-the-mainstream candidate who could not sustain broad political support. That makes her vulnerable, to an intelligent opponent. The Minnesota Democrats ought to be jumping at the chance to get Michele Bachmann finally out of the picture.

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After Presidential Draft Candidate System Debuts, Who’s Talking About Americans Elect and How?

Jim Cook 2/6/2012
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On the last day of January 2012, Americans Elect rolled out its online voting system by which identity-verified delegates could draft candidates to appear on the ballot for the Americans Elect presidential nomination. Americans Elect has indirectly referred to the …

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Jill Stein Wins Ohio Green Party Presidential Nomination

jclifford 2/5/2012
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Jill Stein won the support of the Ohio Green Party in the state’s nominating convention yesterday, placing her in the lead to become the Green Party nominee for President in 2012.

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With Zero Candidates on Target to Qualify for its Ballot, Americans Elect Postpones its Election

Jim Cook 2/5/2012
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On January 31 2012, Americans Elect opened up the qualifying round of voting in the first-ever online, proprietary, corporate-run presidential nomination. Starting that morning, Americans Elect delegates could visit this page to draft possible presidential contenders and cast votes in …

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Nevada Republican Caucus Results for 2012: Map of Winners by County

Jim Cook 2/5/2012
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On February 4 2012, GOP voters in the state of Nevada turned out — about 30,000 of them — to indicate their preference in a presidential candidate. The biggest caucus vote-getter in each county of Nevada is shown by map …

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Jill Stein Occupies Indiana

jclifford 2/5/2012
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Jill Stein will be out on the street today in protests against Indiana’s Right To Work legislation. No other presidential candidate will show up.

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Schedule of the 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries

jclifford 2/4/2012
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A calendar of the remaining Republican presidential primary and caucus elections in 2012. Check this schedule to be sure when the voting is taking place where you live.

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