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Unless there is a major change in the way national superdelegates vote, Hillary Clinton has all but assured herself a place as the Democratic Party's nominee when the general election comes in November. On Saturday, Iowa Democrats gathered in Des Moines for their convention with one goal in mind: Unify the party under Hillary Clinton.
Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary Johnson is sticking up for marijuana after 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney last week said smoking the drug "makes people stupid." "I do not agree with that," Johnson told CNN's Erin Burnett in an interview scheduled to air Sunday on "OutFront."
Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld, right, chats with Joe Hunter, communications director for the Gary Johnson campaign, at the National Libertarian Party Convention on May 27 in Orlando. Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party's candidate for vice president, called today for a 1,000-agent task force to combat Islamic State adherents in the United States, and for a tip line where Muslims could inform on radicalism.
David Cameron and George Osborne say they might not be able to protect spending on pensions, the NHS and defence if the UK votes to leave the EU. However the pro-Brexit campaign said the claim was "a frantic attempt to rescue a failing campaign".
Former Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney says it's breaking his heart to see what's happening in his party. He not only slammed Donald Trump at a GOP gathering in Utah this weekend, but he also gave a dressing-down to other presidential candidates who failed to stop him.
The Fox News poll also laid bare two of Trump's most significant, basic weaknesses: Voters don't think he has the knowledge or temperament to be president. The poll findings are striking: Nearly six-in-10 voters surveyed said Trump doesn't have "the knowledge to serve effectively as president."
Mitt Romney suggested Friday that Donald Trump's election could legitimize racism and misogyny, ushering in a change in the moral fabric of American society. The 2012 Republican nominee, who has openly opposed Trump's candidacy, went further than he has before in outlining to CNN's Wolf Blitzer how the country's character would suffer in a Trump White House.
"With an electorate totally disenchanted with the two major parties' offerings, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson has a unique chance to make a splash this year - and he's determined to do things differently than in his 2012 campaign. "Gone are the low-yield interviews with "internet radio" shows, and Mr. Johnson also says he'll probably skip out on trolling the Democratic and Republican conventions.
With Bernie out, Sanders supporters are desperately looking to find a candidate worth their vote. But with Hillary representing the crony politics they've come to hate, and Trump being so horrendously awful for many of the same reasons and more, what kind of candidate can the wayward Democrats get a firm grip on, and ride to the finish? As it turns out, Johnson is that choice.
The Libertarian Party's presidential nominee said in an interview early Sunday that he expects his candidacy will draw voters from both the Democratic and Republican parties. "I don't think I'm going to be a spoiler in this," Gary Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said he can pull votes away from both the Democrat and Republican contenders in the U.S. presidential election once more Americans realize they agree with many of his views. "I'm trying to appeal to the majority of Americans whom I think are libertarian, it's just that they don't know it," Johnson said in an interview for CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" program to be broadcast on Sunday.
US Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson walks in Lafayette Park across from the White House during an interview with AFP in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2016. Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is running for president as a Libertarian, just as he did 2012 when he managed to get 1.2 million votes.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson won the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination on Sunday, fending off five rivals from different factions on two closely fought ballots and securing more than 55.8 percent of the total vote. "I will work as hard as I can to represent everyone in this room," Johnson said after his victory.
University presidents intent on displaying exhibits, such as the one Kennesaw State University had on AIDS last month, can expect to bring samples of their work down to the statehouse when making the case for their annual university budgets, said state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs.
It's not just Republicans and Democrats gearing up for the 2016 election - Libertarians from across the country huddled in Orlando this past weekend to choose their presidential nominee. They're the voters who don't fit into the customary two-party divide: As social liberals and fiscal conservatives, they're pushing their own movement to create a viable third party.
ORLANDO, Fla.-The Libertarian National Convention on Sunday chose a pair of former Republican governors as their presidential and vice presidential nominees, putting forward the most-experienced election ticket in the party's four-decade history.
The Libertarian Party again nominated former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate Sunday, believing he can challenge presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton because of their poor showing in popularity polls. Mr. Johnson, 63, won the nomination on the second ballot at the party's convention in Orlando, Fla., defeating Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine; and anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee.
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to supporters and delegates at the National Libertarian Party Convention on May 27 in Orlando. ORLANDO -- William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who made a late-career leap to the Libertarian Party, won its vice presidential nomination Sunday after a close and raucous convention vote.