Bob Bird Enters Senate Race As Alaskan Independence Party Candidate against Ted Stevens

[Ian David]

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.html

The 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_Constitution

More:
http://alaskapride.blogspot.com/2008/05/bob-bird-enters-us-senate-race-as.html

[Blue_In_AK]

1. They always run someone.

It's no big deal -- he won't get many votes outside of Kenai, my guess is. The only major Alaskan politician who won on the AIP ticket was Wally Hickel for governor in 1990. He was persuaded to run on the AIP ticket because so many of the "good old boy" Republicans wouldn't vote for a moderate Republican woman, Arliss Sturgelewski. AIPs are a fringe -- they're like our crazy old uncles.

[Ian David]

2. Hey, some of them can become Vice President someday.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3906900

[Blue_In_AK]

3. She won't be,

unless she gets beat up so bad by the blogosphere that all those Christian conservatives who were formerly going to hold their nose to vote for McCain, or stay home, decide to come out in force to defend her honor. Already DU is giving way more time and words to Sarah Palin than they are to our own excellent ticket. Sarah's lack of experience will doom her as a candidate unless she gets an inflated sympathy vote from being attacked so hard by the left. I personally think it's dangerous to go there...but I'm just one old Alaskan who's seen Sarah's persuasive powers at work.

[Misskittycat]

4. Read headline quickly; thought it said "Big Bird"