History in the making...NEW JERSEY GOES REPUBLICAN!!!From the Editor: Open thread to discuss 2009 Election Results. The Editor of Libertarian Republican is taking a day's rest from all blogging. Back on line Thursday morning. Read Full Story
"Chris Christie has won in Gloucester County which is the first time a Republican has won since Tom Kean in 1985" - Mike Symons, Gannett NewspapersFinal Results still not in... But Christie holding on to consistent lead. With near 70% of the total NJ precincts in, Statewide Christie winning with 50% to Corzine's 44%, with Dagget hovering around 5%. But results from all-important swing Bergen County indicates Christie did better than expected. Christie is leading Corzine 49% to 48% in Berg... Read Full Story
Just Breaking...From Eric Dondero:Libertarian Republican has just learned that GOP officials believe that as many as 50 to 70 elected officials on the county level throughout Texas could be switching from Democrat to Republican by the filing date for the 2010 elections. The news comes to us from Bryan Preston, Communications Director for the Republican Party of Texas out of Austin. Preston hosted an exclusive conference call for Right bloggers earlier this afternoon, including LR, and liber... Read Full Story
From Eric Dondero:Last night, Dave Nalle, National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus joined myself and fellow RLCer Dan Sheill of Michigan, on a special election edition of "Libertarian Politics Live." For a good 50 minutes we looked at all the various races around the US from a libertarian perspective. You can listen to the show on the side right bar at the Blog Talk Radio button. To recap:Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie are of course, in the two most important races in the Natio... Read Full Story
From Eric Dondero:On this election day here in the United States, where we celebrate freedom, democracy and human rights, there's some very sad news to report. On Sunday Libertarian Republican headlined a story by our own Denise Clark, "Abuse of Young Girls by Radical Muslims now at alarming levels in US: Politicians, Big Media and Law Enforcement side with Political Correctness." The article focused on the case of Rifqa Bary forced to return to Ohio from Florida, after having fled her Musl... Read Full Story
Biden one of only 5 Senators to vote against the Alaska Pipeline back in '73Vice-President Joseph Biden was up in upstate New York campaigning for Democrat for Congress Bill Owens on Monday, against Sarah Palin-endorsed Doug Hoffman. He had some choice words for his former rival, accusing her of knowing only the simple phrase "Drill Baby, Drill," when it comes to energy policy.Palin's response was swift and severe.From her Facebook Page posted late last night:The vice president’s extreme opp... Read Full Story
BREAKING NEWS!!!Libertarian Republican is the VERY FIRST Political Blog in the Nation to be running this exclusive Photo of Jason Shih of Paramus, New Jersey. Permission was obtained from the Editors of The Leader serving East Rutherford, Rutherford, the Meadowlands, Lyndhurst and Woodbridge. The Leader released the photo 4 hours ago. Writes Alexis Tarrazi at The Leader:EAST RUTHERFORD (Nov. 2, 2009, 12:45 p.m.) — A Paramus man who claimed to be the assistant deputy director of Gov. Jon S.... Read Full Story
PPP: Christie now leads Corzine 47 - 41From Eric Dondero:Even a jaded political observer such as myself has to admit that Obama skates on a Virginia loss. He threw Creigh Deeds to the side. He avoided last minute campaigning in Virginia. He sent signals out, along with other top Democrats that Deed was toast.But not New Jersey. A Garden State loss is an Obama loss. Obama spent the entire weekend criss-crossing the State for Corzine. The DNC has pumped in millions in last minute dollars.... Read Full Story
Practical Proposals helping local constituentsThe Libertarian Party has over 400 elected and appointed officials serving in public office nationwide. In addition to city council seats in Indianapolis and Springfield, MO, the Party has held a seat on the Port Huron Council for 4 years. The city's population is roughly 40,000. It is located in the "thumb" of Michigan. It's economy is mostly old Rust Belt industrial-based. Now Councilman Byrne is up for reelection. And he seems to have impr... Read Full Story
by Eric DonderoThe city of Atlanta has never had a Republican Mayor. That could change on Tuesday with the election of Mary Norwood. She is currently leading two other candidates in the polls, and the very latest poll numbers suggest she's expanding that lead. Norwood is at 45%, and her nearest rival at 25%. Norwood, a "fiscally conservative white City Councilwoman" as described by the local government-run NPR, is challenging two Democrat opponents; Sen. Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Counci... Read Full Story
