Americans Elect Cancels Online Primary, Will Field No Candidate
In a statement released moments ago, the Americans Elect organization has announced that since no candidate was able to successfully qualify for the first round of their online caucus, the organization will not field a candidate for President in 2012. Having secured ballot access in roughly 30 states, and well on track to achieve 50 [...]
Time Capsule: Wayne Morse Mauled in Maryland Primary
Wayne Morse, the three-term Oregon senator whose long-shot quest for the Democratic presidential nomination baffled party leaders and pundits alike, came up short in the Maryland primary on this day in 1960, losing to front-runner John F. Kennedy by a lopsided margin of 201,789 to 49,420. Morse’s campaign for the presidency that year was something [...]
Kucinich Rules Out Congressional Bid in Washington State
In an e-mail to supporters earlier today, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio ruled out a possible bid for a seat in the U.S. House from the state of Washington. A number of the eight-term Ohio congressman’s friends and supporters in Bellingham, Olympia and Seattle — many of whom had supported his principled, antiwar campaigns [...]
Johnson Polls at 6% in North Carolina
Public Policy Polling is out with a new survey today that shows support for former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson goes beyond the rural Western states. In North Carolina, a potentially pivotal swing state, President Obama leads Mitt Romney by 2-points. An impressive 6% of voters are backing Johnson and 4% remain undecided. This poll [...]
The Latest PPP Survey: Gary Johnson Polling at 7% in New Hampshire
Public Policy Polling’s latest battleground state poll, conducted in New Hampshire this time, shows Barack Obama with a comfortable lead over Republican Mitt Romney. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian nominee and former New Mexico Governor, captures 7% of the vote. The firm surveyed 1,163 New Hampshire voters from May 10th to 13th. The margin of error [...]
Kerrey Barely Breaks a Sweat in First Round of Comeback Bid
In what promises to be a closely-watched, high-stakes U.S. Senate race this fall, former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska easily won the Democratic nomination for his old job and will square off against Republican Deb Fischer — a surprise come-from-behind winner in the GOP primary — for the seat being vacated by conservative Democrat Ben [...]
Time Capsule: Wallace Paralyzed in Assassination Attempt
Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, who had stunned the Democratic establishment by polling a whopping 42% of the vote in the crowded March 14 Florida primary and finishing a strong second in the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania primaries the following month, was shot and critically wounded by Arthur Bremer while campaigning in the Maryland primary on [...]
Failing to Find a Candidate, Americans Elect Will Make Major Announcement on Thursday
The deadline for a candidate to secure the support required in order to move forward in the Americans Elect nominating process has now passed, with no candidate coming even close to the required threshold. Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer made a frantic last minute push, but fell far short of his goal. Under Americans Elect [...]
Time Capsule: J. B. Stoner Convicted in 1958 Bombing of Bethel Baptist Church
J. B. Stoner, an unapologetic racist whose extreme views were once denounced by segregationist Lester G. Maddox, was convicted for conspiring in the 1958 bombing of the predominantly-black Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on this day in 1980. Stoner, who was suspected by prosecutors in as many as a dozen other bombings and had [...]
WATCH: Gary Johnson on CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett
Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson was interviewed by CNN’s Erin Burnett on Friday, May 11. Watch the 3 minute exchange below. Burnett couldn’t resist asking the silly question of which major party candidate Johnson would vote for if he weren’t running, to which Johnson replies that he would rather die. Hopefully if he continues to answer [...]
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