New Independence Party

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		www.newindependenceparty.org
		Note: This website is not related to any existing political party. It is maintained by Bill McGaughey, who was a candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2002 primary of Minnesota's Independence Party. The website was created in the aftermath of that election to suggest a future direction for the Independence Party or any third-party aspiring to majority-party status. It later became a bulletin board related to McGaughey's possible IP Senate candidacy in 2006 - he did not run - and now to his prospective candidacy in 2008. Three candidates including Bill McGaughey are now seeking the Independence Party endorsement for U.S. Senate. It will be decided at a convention held prior to June 30, 2008.
		New Independence Party Recent developments: On January 26, 2008, the Independence Party of Minnesota voted to affiliate with a newly created national organization called "The Independence Party of America". Frank MacKay, president of the Independence Party of New York took that initiative to bring state organizations in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and Minnesota, into a confederation of parties which, among other things, might support the "independent" candidacy of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg for President of the United States. On February 27, 2008, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he would not be running for President. Like Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Bill McGaughey is now supporting Barack Obama for President. He badly wants to leave the Bush-Cheney years behind. Blue Print for a Senate Race in 2008 What Bill McGaughey might do if nominated for U.S. Senate by the Independence Party of Minnesota Four Issues that sum up the McGaughey campaign for Senate (a brief statement) Trade policy is Bill McGaughey's main issue. In 1992, he published a book criticizing NAFTA and suggesting alternatives. Here are some more recent writings on the subject: A labor and environmentally oriented trading system *This article by Bill McGaughey appeared in Synthesis/Regeneration, a national publication of the Green Party, in the spring of 1993* A search for trade standards to protect labor and the environment *This article by McGaughey appeared in Synthesis/Regeneration* in the winter of 1996 Why employers want to outsource manufacturing production An illustration of the financial impact The politics of free trade Bill Moyers' interview with John MacArthur, publisher of Harper's magazine The challenge of trade with China as analyzed by Prof. Behzad Yaghmaian Government as Regulator of the Labor Market McGaughey's conceptual framework for dealing with long-term employment problems McGaughey's book opposing NAFTA how it might have affected the 1992 Presidential campaign Fighting the last war The free-trade concept is now obsolete. Where the trade issue is today Our politicians are mostly in denial. The ultimate twist of the screw Call centers in India collect bills from America's destitute. Why it's time to scrap free trade Instead we need a development model of trade. Where a McGaughey campaign might fit into the political woodwork: What Minnesota's Independence Party has been and might become some history and speculations regarding the future What is a progressive? How does this label fit the DFL party? The Republicans? McGaughey biographical information Bill McGaughey’s Record as a Political Candidate in three primary elections My Strange Relationship with the Romneys by Bill McGaughey Tales from the Urban Forest Can squirrels be tamed? Full text of William McGaughey's book, The Independence Party and the Future of Third-Party Politics, published in 2003. Links to other web resources the front page in the 2006 version of this website a photograph of Bill McGaughey taken in Louisiana on the night that results from its 2004 presidential primary were announced \| contact us \|**
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