Wayne Allyn Root jousts with President Clinton's former press secretary, Joe Lockhart, over the TARP bailouts, deficits and jobs on MSNBC's "The Kudlow Report".

November 16, 2009

Dear Friend of Liberty,

It was so nice to see 167 people respond within two days to last week's call for candidates. I'll remind you again that expressing interest is an important first step in the process of working with our state and local affiliates to get candidates onto the ballot.

Joe Kennedy, a member of the Libertarian Party, is running to fill the unexpired Senate term of the deceased Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. The special election will be held on January 19, 2010.

David Blau, chair of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts, says, "While [Mr. Kennedy] will appear on the ballot as an Independent due to a provision of state law, I have spoken with him at length and believe him to be an excellent libertarian candidate."

Visit Joe Kennedy's campaign website.

November 9, 2009

Dear Friend of Liberty,

I want you to run for office.

From Virginia Libertarian candidate Matt Cholko:

These are partial results for Libertarians who were candidates in the November 3, 2009 elections. We will post more results as we learn them.

In Georgia:

Karen Richardson was re-elected to the John's Creek City Council.

Chris Neill, running for Mayor of Marietta, got 14%.

Richard Segal, running for City Council in Douglasville, got 41%.

Jeffrey Sexton, running for City Council in Leesburg, got 22%.

Kellie Weeks, running for School Board in Gainesville, got 32%.

November 2, 2009

Dear Friend of Liberty,

The Republicans had control of the federal government for years, and they used their power to greatly increase the size, scope, and burden of government.

Now the Democrats are in charge and they're doing it too. Their health care plan currently in the works is a serious threat to liberty.

I can't believe Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants to hand out billions more bailout money to GMAC!

And who knows if we'll be able to stop the Obama government health care takeover? We couldn't stop Bush and the Republican Congress from passing the $400 billion (later $1.2 trillion!) Medicare drug plan.

Are you mad enough to run for Congress as a Libertarian yourself? I hope so!

2008 Libertarian vice-presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root is appearing on two radio programs this week.

Today, at 11:35 AM Pacific Time (2:35 PM Eastern Time), Root will appear on Lou Dobbs's nationally syndicated radio show.

Friday, October 30, at 11:30 Pacific Time (2:30 PM Eastern Time), Root will appear on the Bill Cunningham Show in Cincinnati.

October 26, 2009

Dear Friend of Liberty,

This coming November 3 is Election Day in many places throughout the U.S. Since it's an odd-numbered year, there are relatively few races. Nevertheless, dozens of Libertarians are on the ballot for various positions.