On February 17, the Libertarian Party’s National Committee, meeting in Las Vegas, passed a resolution strongly opposing current U.S. policy toward Iraq. See the text here. Former Congressman Bob Barr, a member of the Libertarian National Committee, pushed hard for this resolution.
Pine Magazine ran this article on February 17, quoting the Reconstruction Party Manifesto. According to the article, Cynthia McKinney helped write it, and has it on her campaign website. The Reconstruction Party is based in New Orleans and is not ballot-qualified, although it ran some candidates in last year’s state and local Louisiana elections.
Pine Magazine is based in Atlanta.
There is still no compilation of the results of the Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary, held February 5. The Massachusetts Secretary of State traditionally doesn’t release any election returns until he is finished with the final, complete tally. Although a few enterprising reporters have gathered the results from certain cities, no one appears to have yet compiled even an unofficial tally for the state as a whole.
The Arizona Libertarian Party, which held its own presidential primary on the internet on February 5, still hasn’t released the vote totals from that primary.
The Nader for President Exploratory Committee sent an appeal for funds on February 18, which says, “Ralph will decide soon whether to throw his hat into the ring to challenge the corporate powers that control our political system. Over the past two weeks, we have been exploring whether or not anyone on the national political landscape is effectively addressing a whole slew of major issues, including:
Adopt a single payer, Canadian-style, health care system
Cut the bloated, wasteful military budget
Adopt a Wall Street securities speculation tax
Support solar energy not nuclear power
Reverse U.S. policy in the Middle East
Impeach Bush/Cheney
Adopt a polluter carbon tax
Crack down on corporate crime and corporate welfare
Open up the Presidential Debates
Repeal the anti-union Taft-Hartley law
So far, no luck. Not even a blip on the political radar.”
The last-minute attempt to get the Green Party on the Utah ballot failed. 2,000 signatures were required by February 15. The party is still free to place nominees on the ballot, with the party label, using the independent candidate petition method.
The Utah Green Party had been beset by factionalism ever since 2004. In 2006, both factions appeared on the ballot as qualified parties. They were the Green Party and the Desert Greens. The factionalism related to the 2004 presidential election.
