Gary Johnson: “I feel horrible” about whiffing on Aleppo

It is deeply weird to me that political media spent the better of the morning seriously weighing whether this marginal candidate had done meaningful damage to his marginal campaign by spacing on the name of a city in a country whose civil war most Americans aren't paying attention to. And there's no better expression of that weirdness than the clip below, in which Mark Halperin breathlessly badgers Johnson about it in vintage "what about your gaffes?!" fashion.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson asks – What is Aleppo?’

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson framed an embarrassing lapse on foreign affairs as simple human error on Thursday after he responded to a question about a flashpoint in the Syrian civil war by asking, "What is Aleppo?" The gaffe came during an MSNBC interview about the continuing battle for Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, which has been divided for years into government and rebel sectors and has been in the news daily in recent weeks. The embarrassing exchange followed a forum on Wednesday night in which Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump sought to showcase their national security and defense credentials.

The Dallas Morning News and Conservatives in the Wilderness

The Dallas Morning News became part of the story yesterday when they announced that they would endorse a Democrat for President for the first time in 75 years. Their editorial is a fairly obvious recitation of the reasons that Donald Trump is manifestly unfit to serve as President, but the fact that the DMN editorial board saw fit to actually endorse Hillary Clinton, as opposed to merely endorsing Gary Johnson or some other third party candidate, is evidence that a growing number of conservatives find themselves obligated to choose actual sides in the Trump v.

Major Candidates Still Weak on Radio

The next few months are the months radio is expected to see its biggest surge in political ad spending. Media Monitors is reporting that, in the 85 major markets it surveys, Libertarian party candidate Gary Johnson is running more spots on radio than Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton or Republican candidate Donald Trump.

CNN poll shows Trump inching ahead of Clinton

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the American Legion Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1, 2016. A CNN poll published Tuesday gave Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a two-point lead over his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton, although most voters still think Clinton will win the race to the White House.

What If: Could Gary Johnson get hot and play the spoiler?

Unpopular among many Americans, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have opened the door for a third-party spoiler in the presidential campaign - and just as Gary Johnson is starting to warm up. "I certainly don't want Trump to get in, but Clinton worries me," said Moreno, a registered Democrat who works as a process server in the Phoenix area.

Libertarian Party May be Ballot-Qualified in 37 or More States on November 9, 2016

If Gary Johnson polls 4% of the vote in every state on November 8, 2016, and if in certain states other statewide Libertarians also poll 4%, the Libertarian Party will be ballot-qualified in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut , Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia , Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. With a 5% showing, Illinois , Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Texas would also be on the list, for a total of 42 .

Gary Johnson snags newspaper endorsement

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson received the endorsement of a prominent Virginia paper in an editorial posted Saturday night, notching a Labor Day weekend win for his third party bid. The glowing appraisal of Johnson's candidacy by the Richmond Times-Dispatch's editorial board contrasts the former New Mexico governor with Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic standard-bearer Hillary Clinton, both of whom lack the proper character traits to be president, the paper said.

Richmond Times-Dispatch endorses Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president

The Richmond Times-Dispatch published an editorial piece Saturday night saying they will endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president. The paper says the former New Mexico governor is the best choice for the presidency, calling him a "reasonable and formidable alternative" to Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

Sanders suggests lowering the bar for third-party candidates to take part in presidential debates

Hillary Clinton appears with Bernie Sanders at a rally in July in Portsmouth, N.H. Bernie Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Sunday that the threshold should probably be lower for third-party candidates such as Libertarian Gary Johnson to take part in the fall debates. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, was asked about the current 15 percent polling threshold during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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It was a headline that launched headlines. On August 24, Politico , the buzzy Bible of the Beltway, put these words atop its homepage: " Hillary Clinton's run-out-the-clock strategy: The Democrat aims to ignore the email and Foundation controversies, seeing a shrinking calendar as her friend ."

Johnson predicts ‘dire consequences’ for campaign if he’s excluded from debate

Gary Johnson Johnson: 'Dire consequences' for campaign if he misses debates Jill Stein makes New Hampshire ballot Poll: Clinton leads Trump by double digits in NH MORE said on Saturday that there would be "dire consequences" for his campaign if he is not included in the presidential debates. "By dire consequences, I don't think there's any way you can be elected president and not be in the presidential debates," Johnson told the Des Moines Register after a rally in the Iowa capital.