Independent Political Report has been live-blogging the meeting of the Libertarian Party national committee, which is meeting in New Orleans November 20-21. It appears that Las Vegas will be the site of the 2012 presidential convention. There doesn’t seem to be any news yet on the dates of that convention.
On November 18, former Virginia congressman Virgil Goode accepted an appointment to the Constitution Party’s national Executive Committee. See this story. Goode had been elected from the Charlottesville, Virginia area to the U.S. House as a Democrat in 1996, and re-elected as a Democrat in 1998. In 2000 he was re-elected as an independent candidate. In 2002, 2004, and 2006, he was re-elected as a Republican.
Goode has been somewhat involved with the Constitution Party ever since he left congress. He has spoken at several Constitution Party national meetings during the past two years.
The Goode appointment may be somewhat analogous to former Congressman Bob Barr’s appointment to the Libertarian Party National Committee a few years ago. Although Barr said when he was appointed that he had no interest in running for public office as a Libertarian, in early 2008 he changed his mind and did seek the Libertarian presidential nomination, and of course he became the nominee. Perhaps Virgil Goode will be the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee in 2012. Thanks to ThirdPartyDaily for the link.
The Capitol, magazine on New York state politics, has this comprehensive story about the Independence Party of New York and its state chairman, Frank MacKay. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the link.
A group that hopes New York city Mayor Mike Bloomberg will run for President as an independent in 2012 has set up www.runmikerun.com. The site contains a good collection of you tube videos that show Bloomberg speaking.
See this you tube of a Spanish TV ad, produced to encourage voter turnout. Thanks to Fred Silverman for the link.
