Dennis Kucinich is far ahead in his bid to win re-nomination to his Congressional seat in Cleveland. He is currently getting 53% in a five-way race, with his nearest opponent getting 31%. Kucinich will have a Republican opponent, but he has not received less than 60%...
Associated Press has declared Ron Paul the winner for reelection to Congress from his Houston-area district. The votes are still being counted, but Ron Paul is currently winning with 70% of the vote. Paul faces no Democratic opponent in November, so he will be...
Jim Lobe notes that former Amb. Marc Ginsberg now appears to have resigned from the FDD board of advisers, and expands on his previous posts about the Foundation for Defense of Democracy's defections: As Donna Brazile blamed the “influence of their funders†on...
Polls released yesterday and today show that Antiwar congressmen Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are well ahead in their reelection campaigns. Both polls were conducted by Public Policy Polling. Ron Paul leads his only GOP opponent, Chris Peden, 63-30%. He has no...
The national Libertarian Party (LP) organization has taken their strongest position in favor of withdrawal from Iraq. At their national committee meeting yesterday in Las Vegas, the following resolution passed overwhelmingly. WHEREAS the government of the United...
In the Maryland primary yesterday, Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest was defeated by a pro-war challenger. Gilchrest voted for the Iraq War in 2003, but later said he regretted the decision. Gilchrest later criticized Bush's handling of the war and became one of...
Ron Paul has announced that he is scaling down his campaign and, has absolutely ruled out a third-party Presidential run. He plans to focus on his reelection to Congress. He faces a March 4 primary challenge in his home district. For the first time, Paul left no...
According to the fourth quarter reports, the majority of military contributors supported Ron Paul, the one antiwar candidate in the Republican primaries. Ron Paul received more contributions from servicemembers than the other three remaining GOP candidates: Ron Paul -...
This morning the Ron Paul campaign announced the appointment of three new policy advisors: Doug Bandow has been appointed policy advisor to the campaign, while Charles Peña and Philip Giraldi have been named as foreign policy advisors. On another note, the campaign...
In what is hopefully the first salvo by the states against the power of the federal war-making machine, Vermont lawmakers from both houses of the legislature are pushing bills to pull the state's national guard troops from Iraq. State Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln,...
