Roseanne Barr of the Peace and Freedom Party after the Green Party rejected her.
Well, I see why the party was so eager to get the celebrity their nomination.
Barr’s Peace and Freedom Party needs voters as well as cash; the party won’t be on the ballot in California in 2014 unless 45,000 more voters register with the platform, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
 Further…
The 59-year old Barr, who currently runs a nut farm in Hawaii, said she would grow hemp if it weren’t the only commodity which is legal to own, import, export, buy, and sell, but not to grow. And if she did, she’d “employ hundreds of thousands of Americans.”
But what about this mind control? “Without mind control (from the two parties),” she said, according to the Merc, “people would demand a representational government that works for the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That’s an interesting approach to explaining the famed Two Party Duopoly, or “Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum”.

Attention Portland.  Roseanne Barr will be at Powells, Wednesday between 2 and 4.  Apparently not really campaigning, though.   Won’t find this book in the too-be-remaindered book table of presidential and veep candidate campaign books.

The Libertarian Candidate, Gary Johnson, has a huge poll number in Ohio.

When only President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are included, Obama leads by 45.2% to 44.3%, with 10.4% either undecided or supporting a third party candidate.
When Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson is also included, Obama leads Romney by 44.5% to 37.8%, with Johnson winning 10.6% of the vote. 7.1% are either undecided or supporting another third party candidate.
This is the first poll in Ohio to show Johnson reaching double-digit support, and his presence appears to affect Romney far more than it affects Obama. Ohio is considered to be a must-win for Romney, as no Republican has ever won the Presidency while losing in Ohio.
Green Party nominee Jill Stein and Constitution Party nominee Virgil Goode also have ballotaccess in Ohio, but their names were not included in the poll.

The Ron Paul-philes are amusing in jumping in to chime “Ha!  Screw with Ron Paul… and … er ???”
There is a “Beware” quality here.  Mention names and a sort of soft Romney supporter will fade to the third name, before casting the ballot for Romney.  If you had substituted Jill Stein or Virgil Goode, they would attract a decent number of that number.

Rocky Anderson and Jill Stein “debate” on Democracy Now.
That same evening, Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson will appear at a Democracy Now! live event at the Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman Street, Denver. Amy Goodman will host. The audience will see the Commission on Presidential Debates on a screen. After the first question has been asked of President Obama and Mitt Romney, and their answers have been received, the church audience video of that debate will pause, and Stein and Anderson will also answer whatever question had just been asked in the CPD Debate. Then, the church audience will then see the next CPD question (which, of course, is no longer live, because of the delay) and the process will continue. Here is a link to Democracy! Now’s web page about the event, which does not mention any other presidential candidates. The Green Party publicityabout this event says that Gary Johnson is also participating, but this appears to be incorrect.

Question asked in comments:  What would it take to get Johnson and Goode to participate?  I don’t know… this is a Left-wing forum, Democracy Now, so you can find a right-wing forum.  Unfortunately your Tea Party is kinda committed to the Republican nominee by means of its control mechanisms with Koch, etc.

This is probably more interesting than figuring out what the Socialist Workers Party candidate is up to in 2012.  A Rally in 1948 — predicts that Dewey win everyone thought was coming, etc.

OOOh.. A tough one.
Opposition to the death penalty is pretty much my most fundamental political belief. I’ve therefore always followed the principle of voting for an anti-death penalty candidate, unless there wasn’t one on the ballot paper. I do this even if it’s a fringe candidate. […]
 However, the only left-of-centre, anti-death penalty presidential candidate in “my” state this time round is Peta Lindsay, who represents an out-and-out revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party, and who regards Cuba as the template for the rest of the world to follow. Now, I’m all for acknowledging the good side of the Cuban system as well as the bad, but such views are a bit strong for even my taste.

Write in time.  I hear Mickey Mouse opposes the Death Penalty.

I was wondering how the Reform Party Convention went.  It went to… Andre Barnett, a business owner, model and military veteran from New York State… who has a lot of shirtless buff images on the Internet.  The big news appears to be that the Kansas state party substituted Chuck Baldwin for him, choosing to go to the Theocratic Right.  Whether Baldwin cares to run or not.

In other news…  Here’s the Facebook like tallies for the candidates…

1. Barack Obama (D) – 538,733
2. Gary Johnson (L) – 62,224
3. Mitt Romney (R) – 37,820
4. Jill Stein (G) – 22,834
5. Rocky Anderson (J) – 6,279
6. Roseanne Barr (PF) – 3,915
7. Virgil Goode (C) – 2,092
8. Stewart Alexander (S) – 1,677
9. Tom Hoefling (A) – 1,057
10. Merlin Miller (A3P) – 224
11. Andre Barnett (RP) – 197
12. Ed Noonan (AI) – 93
13. James Harris (SW) – 67
14. Jerry White (SE) – 57

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