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.

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.

On November 19, a U.S. District Court in Alaska issued a ruling in Joe Miller’s lawsuit against the state of Alaska over vote-counting.  The U.S. District Court said the case belongs in state court, not federal court.  The judge told the Alaska Division of Elections not to certify Lisa Murkowski’s win in the U.S. Semate race until after the state court has received the case.  However, the federal judge also said that if Miller does not file in state court by November 22, the Elections Division is then free to certify the results.  See this story.  Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.  Here is the federal court order.  The case is Miller v Campbell, 3:10-cv-0252.