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On Friday, May 16th, Senator Gravel will be traveling to New York for a Libertarian presidential debate/dialogue with fellow candidate Wayne Allyn Root.   It will be broadcast on Fox Business Channel, moderated by Alexis Glick, and run approximately 30 minutes.  Tune in by 8:05 am EST to catch it.  First segment should run from approximately 8:15 - 8:25 am EST, the second from 8:30 - 8:40 am EST.

Following the second debate at the Indiana Libertarian State Convention, the Hoosier libertarians provided no clarity to identifying the favorites from the crowded field of candidates seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. Participating in the convention debates were the following:

On Wednesday, April 30, Senator Gravel will hold an event at the College Perk Coffee House in College Park, Maryland from 6-8 p.m. This event is being co-sponsored by the Peace Forum and Community Roots. Below are the event details:

• Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
• Time: 6-8 p.m.
• Location: College Perk Coffee House, 9078 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD, 20742

For more information, contact the event coordinator, Heyfa K, at katuru83@hotmail.com

The following three videos are of Senator Gravel answering questions during the Q&A session at the Washington Libertarian State Convention. Thank you to sgrimes for posting these videos on YouTube!

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klr6nOOBs10

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cvpbBPpaVo

As you are well aware, now that Senator Gravel is a Libertarian candidate, his campaigning basically comes down to State Conventions and more State Conventions. The following is his schedule for the coming weeks:

Date: Saturday, April 19

As many of you may already know by reading the forums, a few of us grassroots supporters have decided to schedule a Mass Donation Week/Day in order to give the Senator and his campaign a much needed boost as far as funding goes as he begins his Libertarian run for the White House.

For those who do not know, the Libertarian nomination process is quite different than our traditional two-party system. Before the big day(s) in Colorado, many of the states, if not all, hold State Conventions. These are normally full weekend events, and are basically where the candidates get to plead their case to the Libertarians. Often times, those in attendance are undecided National Convention delegates.

After the KC debate, they held a Straw Poll, which is basically a vote. At all of the state conventions for Libertarians they conduct such a Straw Poll. Below are the results from the KC debate:

With the Libertarian debate about to begin, I thought I would do a quick run-down of where the Senator will be following the debate in Missouri. As many of know, we have been touring through the Northeast since March 31, with the exception of the debate in Missouri.

The top six Libertarian presidential candidates will hold a debate in Kansas City, Missouri from 10:00-11:30 A.M. CST. This debate is considered one of the major debates amoung the top contenders for the Libertarian nomination. Participating in this debate are the following:

• George Phillies
• Wayne Allyn Root
• Christine Smith
• Michael Jingozian
• Dr. Mary J. Ruwart
• Sen. Mike Gravel

This debate will also mark the first appearance for Senator Gravel as a Libertarian presidential candidate.

Hi, my name is Brian Hamel and I have been and will continue to be a Mike Gravel supporter. Many of you on the forums may know me as Brian798. Recently, I sent a request to the campaign staff asking them to consider naming myself the Campaign Blogger. As many of you know, this blog is really out-of-date, never updated, and frankly, had no real news about the campaign. Well, I am going to try to change that.

I am hoping that this blog will become something that will be visited often as a spot for campaign headlines. As I begin to think about this, the following ideas come to mind:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 27, 2008

Contact:
Lynne Mosier 650 400-7769
lynne@gravel2008.us

San Francisco, CA March 27, 2008 – Presidential candidate Senator Mike Gravel will speak at an Iranian cultural event, Friday March 28th, 6pm, SF City Hall, Rotunda.

Today’s column is for men — not just any men — men my age.
 

Relax, I’m not going to ask you out.
 

I just wonder — if you wonder — what your chances would have been had the Vietnam War continued a few more years and you’d gotten drafted.

Dr. Laurence J. Kotlikoff, a professor of economics at Boston University and one of Mike’s economic advisers has published an opinion piece in the Boston Globe explaining why all Democrats should love the Fair Tax -- and Mike Gravel.

Dr. Kotlikoff’s op-ed follows after the jump.

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