Presidency 2012
In 2012, President Obama will face re-election. Expect a large crowd of Republican candidates to compete for the GOP nomination. So, if a person is running -- or even thinking about running (or being floated as a legitimate draft candidate) -- we'll list him or her below. Plus all of the third party and independent P2012 hopefuls we can identify.
LEGEND:
BOLD = Announced Candidate (or filed an filed Exploratory Committee)
Italics = Possible Candidate
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
REPUBLICAN PARTY:
THIRD PARTY and
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:
BOSTON TEA PARTY:
Tom Knapp (Missouri) - Writer, USMC veteran, libertarian activist, and frequent candidate.
CONSTITUTION PARTY:
Alan Keyes (Maryland) - Former US Ambassador, conservative activist, and frequent candidate.
Diane Beall Templin (California) - Attorney, anti-gay activist and frequent candidate.
GREEN PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
LIBERTARIAN PARTY:
Dave Hollist (California) - Bus driver and frequent LP Presidential hopeful.
Mike "Jingo" Jingozian (Oregon) - LP National Vice Chair, software company founder and '08 Presidential candidate.
Tom Knapp (Missouri) - Writer, USMC veteran, libertarian activist, and frequent candidate.
Robert Milnes (New Jersey) - Progressive activist and '08 Presidential candidate.
Wayne Allyn Root (R-Nevada) - Sports handicapper, author, TV show host, '08 VP nominee and '08 Presidential candidate.
PARTY OF SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION:
Gloria LaRiva (California) - Communist political organizer and frequent candidate.
PROHIBITION PARTY:
Gene Amondson (Washington) - 2004/2008 Nominee, Temperance lecturer, minister and artist.
SOCIALIST PARTY USA:
No Candidates Identified To Date
SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY:
No Candidates Identified To Date
INDEPENDENT & WRITE-IN CANDIDATES:
Richard H. Clark (Independent-Maryland)
Michael David Elder (Independent-Texas)
Thaddaus Hill (Madisonian Federalist Party-Texas)
Ralph Nader (Independent-Connecticut)
"Average Joe" Schriner (Independent-Ohio)
Former Governor Jesse Ventura (Independent-Minnesota)
Da Vid (Light Party-California)
OTHER P2012 RESOURCES:
New Hampshire Political Library - This site contains just about anything you could ever want to know about the influential New Hampshire Presidential primary -- including a directory of every candidate who ever ran in the NH primary. Maintained by the New Hampshire State Library, Franklin Pierce College, University of New Hampshire, St. Anselm College, the New Hampshire State Archives and the New Hampshire Historical Society.
PollingReport.com - Why bother reinventing the wheel and writing our own poll tracking page when this excellent page already exists. To follow the trends in all of the latest polls in the White House race, simply visit this site.
C-SPAN: Road to the White House - Information, links and some streaming video events from one of the nation's leading sources of raw political television coverage. Covers the various likely Presidential candidates. Constantly updated.
Ballot Access News - This respected publication -- founded in 1985 by Libertarian activist Richard Winger -- tracks the attempts of third party and independent candidates for various offices to secure ballot access in the 50 states. The site also tracks changes in the law, court challenges and other interesting tidbits of third party news you usually won't find elsewhere. Use this page to stay current on which third party and independent candidates will and won't appear on your state's general election ballot in November 2008
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Dave Leip prepared this very informative site, which provides historic voting results from the Presidential general elections of 1860-2008. Covers the vote totals for the major party nominees and the top 2-3 third party nominees in each race. Colorful maps and graphs, too.
Commission on Presidential Debates - Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Their controversial and restrictive participation rules largely exclude third party candidates (even the major ones) from participating in these nationally televised debates.
US Department of State: Foreign Press Center - What is the difference between a caucus and a primary? How do nominating conventions work? What about the popular vote versus the electoral college vote? If you need a better understanding of the American Presidential election process, check out this informative site. The State Department runs this site to help inform foreign journalists about how the US political process works.
VicePresidents.com - No one pays much attention to Vice Presidents -- or, at least, they didn't used to -- except for these guys. History, trivia, quotes, bios, and more.
4President.org - An online museum of Presidential campaign brochures, bumper stickers and key speches from 1960 through the 2008 campaign. A great site for political junkies.
Libertarian presidential candidate R.J. Harris 
 
R.J. Harris, a potential candidate for the 's presidential nomination, took some time to speak with Accredited ''Wikinews'' Reporter William Saturn about his campaign and issues positions.

Harris is an officer in the , currently serving in Afghanistan.  He is also in his third year as a law student at the .  Harris previously worked as an  and small business owner. He plans to enter the race in September after completing his tour in Afghanistan.

Others seeking the nomination include Libertarian activist , radio host Jim Duensing, former Nevada Libertarian Party chair Jim Burns, marketing executive Roger Gary and attorney Carl Person. 2008 Vice presidential nominee  is also expected to make a run.