Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Bob Bird Enters U.S. Senate Race As The Alaskan Independence Party Candidate Against Ted Stevens
Updated May 20th, 2008 to reflect the fact that Bob Bird now has an official campaign website.
http://birdforsenate.com/index.htmlThe Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports on May 14th, 2008 that Bob Bird has entered the race for Ted Stevens' U.S. Senate seat under the auspices of the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP). The Alaska Division of Elections website also reflects this information.
Bird must first win the AIP nomination during the primary election on August 26th. His name will appear on the Combined Party Ballot (explained at greater length HERE). However, this is at the moment a mere formality, since there are no other AIP candidates for the seat, although the filing deadline isn't until June 2nd. Bird now has an official campaign website, but posted an earlier press release on the Anchorage Ron Paul Meetup Site. According to the following press release, Bird will be publicly discussing his upcoming campaign in Kenai, at the Paradisos Restaurant downtown, at 6:00 PM on Friday May 16th, and then again in Anchorage, at the Inlet Towers Compass Room, at 2:00 PM on Saturday May 17th. Here's the meat of the press release:
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With a near-libertarian conservative philosophy, Bird is running an authentic grass-roots campaign that will utilize pro-lifers, libertarians, conservatives and those opposed to the Iraqi War. It will advocate the following issues:
- The curbing of the federal judiciary, with a states-rights approach to social issues.
- An immediate pullout of Iraq and an end to American military adventurism.
- An amended statehood act that will be in conformity to the Constitution in all aspects.
- A defense of American sovereignty against global corporatism.
- A Jeffersonian interpretation of the Constitution, with an emphasis on the 10th amendment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_ConstitutionMore:
http://alaskapride.blogspot.com/2008/05/bob-bird-enters-us-senate-race-as.html