The Hill has this short article on Joseph Kennedy, who is running as an independent candidate in the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts in January 2010. The article says that Kennedy is registered as a Libertarian. This is factually … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Southern Political Report of November 16 has a story about divisions in the present-day Democratic Party over health care. The article starts by saying, “Most folks don’t know that Democrats won more votes than Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential … Continue reading
The newspapers in Vermont are now covering the fact that the Working Families Party is about to qualify itself in Vermont. See this article in the Burlington Free Press. Party qualification is very easy in Vermont. No petition is required. … Continue reading
On November 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd circuit, ruled in favor of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Republican Party, and against a dissident member of the county party committee who had sued the party committee. The plaintiff, Millie Max, … Continue reading
Findlaw.com has this neutral column, weighing the arguments on both sides on the issue of whether the names and addresses of people who sign petitions should be public information. The commentary is by Michael Dorf. See it here. The state … Continue reading