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Why Did 26 Republicans Vote Against Extending the Patriot Act?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders expecting an easy two-thirds vote to extend key provisions of the Patriot Act were handed a rude surprise when 26 of their own opted to side with Nancy Pelosi and the American Civil Liberties Union instead of them. For Speaker of the House John Boehner, who once suggested to his new tea party compatriots that they would need to act like "adults" on tough votes such as raising the debt ceiling, what should have been a routine roll call turned into possibly the first concrete evidence that his caucus may be more unruly than he imagined. The majority party ...
Ron Paul 'Strongly Considering' Another Run for White House
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the outspoken libertarian who touted limited government long before the tea party started brewing, is thinking about another campaign for president. The 75-year-old congressman "is strongly considering a run in 2012 and is currently assessing his prospects," Jesse Benton, senior adviser to Paul's Campaign for Liberty organization, told Fox News Tuesday. And in case there was any doubt that he might throw his hat in, Paul has accepted an invitation to speak next month in the presidential proving ground of Iowa. On March 7, he will address the social conservative group ...
Mary Larkin: Why You Should Vote for Me
By not in system - AOL NewsFrom at least the beginning of recorded time there have been political and religious factions competing for power and favor among the masses. This has led to discontent, argument and violence for thousands of years. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we finally left each other to our own devices? Imagine a country where you were free; free to live by your values and do what you thought was right with your money. It is possible. There is only one political party that can make that happen. This party's philosophy also has solutions to the problems that are written off as "unsolvable." This party ...
Alaska Senate: Could Lisa Murkowski Run as a Libertarian?
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIt may not be over yet for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, after all. The Alaska Republican says she's "still in this game." Murkowski says supporters are urging her to stay in the Senate race despite her narrow primary loss last month to Sarah Palin-backed candidate Joe Miller, a conservative lawyer who also had Tea Party movement support. Murkowski met briefly Tuesday with Alaska Libertarian Party candidate David Haase, who could defer to her and withdraw, the Associated Press reported. Murkowski told the AP that "I have not made that determination that I'm going to give up. I'm not a quitter, never ...
Should Libertarians Ditch the Republican Party?
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 27) -- Between big-government Democrats and populist Republicans, where should libertarians look for allies? Reason magazine recently kicked off a debate on this subject by hosting three different opinions: one from the Cato Institute's Brink Lindsey, one from National Review's Jonah Goldberg and one from tea party organization FreedomWorks' Matt Kibbe. Here's what they had to say and what others said in response. No Home in the Republican Party: "All the contemporary right is good for," says Brink Lindsey, "is checking at least some of the left's excesses, and thank goodness for that. ...
Rand Paul's Campaign Chairman David Adams Quits
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyKentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul's campaign chairman has quit in order to manage the race of a Tea Party-favored candidate for governor. David Adams said Tuesday he would become campaign manager for a conservative gubernatorial ticket that is being formed, The Associated Press reported. Adams did not name the candidate for governor, or say in what state the new campaign would be mounted. "He decided he preferred in-state politics to federal politics," Paul campaign manager Jesse Benton said in an e-mail to CNN. "He's a great guy and will be missed." Adams told the AP his ...
Rand Paul's 2006 Advice to Governor Under Investigation: Pardon Yourself
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAnother example of Rand Paul's unconventional political views has surfaced, a finding that could complicate his Kentucky senatorial campaign. Rand wrote a newspaper opinion piece four years ago, when then-Gov. Ernie Fletcher was under investigation for allegedly violating state hiring laws, The Associated Press reported. Paul, then a Bowling Green eye doctor, wrote in the now-defunct Kentucky Post that if he were Fletcher, he would simply pardon himself. "What would I do if I were governor? First, I'd have pardoned myself and everyone included nearly a year ago," Paul, a Republican, wrote ...
Fox Business Network Courts Tea Party with "Freedom Watch"
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyFox has finally made its fawning over the tea party official by creating a new show on Fox Business Network. It's called "Freedom Watch" and is hosted by Andrew Napolitano, a libertarian legal commentator for Fox. Napolitano ends the show with a sign off that must have Edward R. Murrow spinning in his grave: "From New York, defending freedom, so long America." "Freedom Watch," joins another libertarian show, "Stossell," helmed by former ABC News anchor John Stossel, on the channel. Of the former, Lew Rockwell, chairman of the libertarian Ludwig von Mises Institute, offered the following ...
Republicans Should Repudiate Rand Paul's Civil Rights Stand
By Peter Wehner - Politics DailyThe best news Democrats received from Tuesday's election was not the victory of Mark Critz over Tim Burns in Pennsylvania's 12th District. It was the Senate primary victory in Kentucky of Republican Rand Paul, son of Rep. Ron Paul. The reason is that Democrats are going to take the views of the younger Paul, also a libertarian, and place them in bright neon lights. They understandably want him to become the face and intellectual representative of the modern GOP -- especially on matters of race. As much of the political world knows by now, Rand Paul has on several occasions indicated that he ...
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