Archive for April 17th, 2012

Time Capsule: Phil Crane Calls It Quits, Endorses Reagan in 1980

Time Capsule: Phil Crane Calls It Quits, Endorses Reagan in 1980

Thirty-two years ago today, Rep. Phil Crane of Illinois, a leading conservative firebrand in the U.S. House of Representatives, abandoned his twenty-month quest for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed conservative rival Ronald Reagan. Crane, who had not actively campaigned since losing badly in his […]

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LaRouche Candidate in France Wages War on Financial Oligarchy

LaRouche Candidate in France Wages War on Financial Oligarchy

In the first of a three-part series on the French presidential election, political activist Jacques Cheminade recently took time out from his busy schedule to speak with Uncovered Politics about his bid to unseat President Nicolas Sarkozy.  Waging his second campaign for the presidency in seventeen years, […]

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Americans Elect: Draft Mark Cuban for President

Americans Elect: Draft Mark Cuban for President

With only about three weeks to go before the Americans Elect process really gets underway, none of the declared candidates are even close to gaining enough support to qualify for the online caucus. At least under the current rules. So I started to wonder if […]

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