Battleground Blog was launched under a different name in May of 2010 as a website dedicated to covering the stories the major media often misses. Over time we have broadened our focus to the battleground of poltics and ideas. We proudly cover Republicans, Democrats and those working outside the major parties. The site was founded by Darcy G. Richardson and Austin F. Cassidy.
DARCY G. RICHARDSON
Darcy G. Richardson is the author of six books, including five volumes of a planned seven-volume history on independent and third-party politics in the United States. A freelance writer and former editor of Consumers Voice, the bi-monthly publication of the Consumers Education & Protective Association (CEPA), he is also the author of A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign, published in 2002. A seventh book, The Spirit of ’76: Eugene McCarthy’s Struggle for Open Politics, will be released shortly. He is also working on a biography of Pennsylvania’s Gifford Pinchot, the nation’s first Chief Forester, environmentalist, and fiercely-independent progressive Republican who twice served as governor of the Keystone State.
Long active in independent and third-party politics, Richardson has rubbed shoulders with some of the best-known political figures of the past three decades. In addition to managing one of the late Minnesota Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s presidential campaigns and serving as a senior advisor in another, Richardson ran for Pennsylvania Auditor General in 1980 and for the U.S. Senate eight years later on the Philadelphia-based Consumer Party ticket.
A resident of Jacksonville, Richardson has been quoted in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and has written numerous articles for a wide range of publications. He has also been a guest on several nationally-syndicated radio talk shows, ranging from the progressive “Thom Hartmann Show” to Joseph Farah’s conservative “WorldNetDaily Radioactive” program.
Richardson’s books, one of which earned a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) for 2005, were recently cited in the “What You Need to Read Now” feature in the August 9, 2010, issue of Newsweek magazine.
Darcy can be reached via email at Darcy@BattlegroundBlog.com
AUSTIN F. CASSIDY
Austin is the founder and publisher of The Jacksonville Observer.
Cassidy been active in state and local Republican politics in Florida. He was the co-founder of the websites Independent Political Report, Third Party Watch and Conservative Pulse, attending and blogging from the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.
In 2006, Cassidy was elected to the Duval County Soil and Water Conservation Board, a nonpartisan county-wide office. He received over 90,000 votes and nearly 54% in that winning campaign.
Aside from being personally active in local politics, Cassidy has volunteered for and helped to manage a number of local campaigns and is also a member of the Duval County Republican Executive Committee and the Jacksonville Young Republicans.
Cassidy has been a guest on local and national radio programs, including a nationally aired panel discussion on public radio. He has been quoted as a political expert in articles for The Hill, the Press of Atlantic City, and the Portland Oregonian.
Austin can be reached via email at Austin@BattlegroundBlog.com
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Democratic Party presidential candidate .
U.S.  presidential candidate  of Florida took some time to answer a few questions from ''Wikinews'' reporter William S. Saturn.

Richardson, 55, is a political activist that helped form the  in 1989 and founded the  ''Battleground Blog'' earlier this year. He is also a political historian, and has authored six books covering  and presidential elections, including ''A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign'' (2002).  His current work, ''The Spirit of ’76: Eugene McCarthy’s Struggle for Open Politics'', chronicles the late Democratic Senator 's  for which he volunteered.  Richardson admires McCarthy, and served as manager for his  run. Recently, Richardson advised 's   in 2008.

In addition, Richardson himself has sought political office, albeit unsuccessfully. In 1980, he ran for Pennsylvania , and in 1988, vied for one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats as a member of the Consumer Party.  Last year, he ran for  as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate .

Richardson has criticized President Barack Obama's policies for being too similar to those of former President George W. Bush. He hoped to convince several prominent progressives to challenge Obama in the Democratic primaries, but none were available to do so. Last month, Richardson decided to begin a campaign himself and announced through his ''Battleground Blog'' that he would challenge Obama in the Democratic Party primaries as a progressive candidate. So far, he has qualified for the New Hampshire  in January and the Missouri primary in February. In an interview with the '''', Richardson proclaimed his campaign slogan as "no fourth term for George W. Bush."