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Obama team sees promise in 3rd party candidacies
Associated Press ^ | 07/31/2012 | Jim Kuhnhenn

Posted on 07/31/2012 12:45:01 PM PDT by nhwingut

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election effort is paying close attention to two candidates mounting third-party campaigns for the presidency, believing they could draw votes from Republican rival Mitt Romney and help Obama win a few tightly contested states.

One candidate is Virgil Goode, a former conservative Virginia congressman who is running as a member of the Constitution Party. The other is Gary Johnson, a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico who is the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee.

Obama's team has scenarios whereby Obama can win states like Virginia and Colorado with less than 50 percent of the vote, with an assist from Goode and Johnson.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: garyjohnson; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; newmexico; obama; rockymountainhigh; romney; thirdparties; virgilgoode
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To: muawiyah
"When did you stop beating your live-in boyfriend ~"

Ah, so anyone who doesn't agree with you is an abusive homosexual, eh?

How utterly liberal of you! Or, do you prefer "progressive"?

Say "Hi!" to all of your buds at DU for me! Tell them I will be looking forward to putting them all on Suicide Watch, along with you in early November.

41 posted on 08/01/2012 5:20:53 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: Redleg Duke

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42 posted on 08/01/2012 6:38:43 AM PDT by muawiyah
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