The Los Angeles Daily News of January 3 has this op-ed on the California “Top-Two Open Primary” Ballot Measure that will receive a vote in the June 8, 2010 primary election.

Nelson Hultberg has just published a book, “The Conservative Revolution: Why We Must Form a 3rd Political Party To Win.” The paperback version is 189 pages and sells for $14.95. Hultberg is interviewed about his book in this post at The Daily Bell. Hultberg lives in Texas and has already founded the group Americans for a Free Republic. He advocates the creation of a new party, to be called the Conservative American Party, which would stand for: (1) the federal reserve could not increase the money supply more than 4% per year; (2) a 10% personal income tax for all brackets; (3) a “mind-your-own-business” foreign policy; (4) more aggressive enforcement of laws against illegal immigration.

The book has received praise from certain figures who have been associated with the Libertarian Party, including John Hospers and Tibor Machan.

Op Ed News has this essay by Howie Hawkins, “Third Party Time for Progressives and Independents?” It ran on January 1, 2010. Hawkins is the percentage record-setter for New York Greens, both for U.S. House (9.61% in 2004, in the 25th district in Syracuse) and for U.S. Senate (1.24% in 2006).