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Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are aggressively angling for the support of religious conservatives ahead of their likely 2016 presidential runs, with Paul even showing short ultrasound videos of unborn children at events to emphasize his opposition to abortion.

Appearing at a conference of conservative religious activists Friday, Paul said America needed a "revival," while Cruz referred to several Bible verses in his speech without using notes.

When anyone asks, is faith real, is a relationship with Jesus real, I can tell you, if it were not, if my father hadnt given his life to Christ, I would have been raised by a single mother, Cruz told the crowd at the Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C., describing his father Rafaels embrace of Christianity during the Texas senators childhood.

Tea Party activist William Temple (C) and others stand during the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2014 Values Voter Summit September 26, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Family Research Council (FRC) is hosting its 9th annual Values Voter Summit, where it will invite conservatives to participate in a straw poll.

An hour later, at the same event, Paul lamented that speaking of a revival, speaking of our values, is sadly considered non-conformist.

I think we must do something our world often tells us not to: seek God, Paul told the crowd of more than 400 conservatives from around the country.

A number of other potential Republican 2016 candidates appeared at Fridays event, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Santorum, who is Catholic, proved to be a strong contender in socially conservative states during the 2012 GOP primary race because of his support among Christian conservatives.

But Paul and Cruz were given two of the prime speaking slots at the Values Voters Summit, which is put on by the conservative Family Research Council. And their prominent appearances were no accident. Some Christian conservative activists view Paul and Cruz as favored candidates who could potentially win the GOP nomination. That perceived electability sets both men apart from past contenders, like Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Santorum in 2012, who struggled to build support outside the evangelical community.

Run, Ted, Run, said Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, in introducing Cruz.

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Progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann argued on Russia Today that #39;libertarian Reagaonomics #39; fueled the rise of ISIS in the Middle East.

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RALEIGH - The man who might determine the outcome of North Carolina's U.S. Senate race this year makes his living delivering pizza, conducts most of his campaigning via YouTube videos and is considering whether to become a driver for Uber, the taxi-like car service.

Political experts and polls say Libertarian Sean Haugh of Durham isn't likely to win, although he says he can.

But the polls say Haugh appears to be pulling some voters who otherwise would pick lawyer and former bank executive Kay Hagan, the incumbent Democrat, and many more voters from the Republican candidate, state House speaker and former business executive Thom Tillis.

In the face of the tens of millions of dollars being spent by the mainline campaigns and their outside supporters and detractors to flood North Carolina's airwaves, computer screens and mailboxes, low budget may be a generous term to describe the Haugh campaign.

Haugh, whose name rhymes with "saw," estimates he has spent $7,000. "I'll be surprised if I get over ($10,000)," he said.

Social media outlets - Facebook, Twitter and, especially, YouTube - have been Haugh's primary tools to reach out to the voters.

He has made 30 videos since March in the basement rec room of campaign manager Rachel Mills' home. Next to a poker table covered with Hot Wheels tracks, and a few feet from an overflowing toy box (Mills has two young children whose nap times affect the shooting schedule), Haugh sits at a bar and talks to the camera. He has a craft beer close at hand, opens with a friendly "howdy" and quickly outlines his positions.

The video titles include "Stop the War on Drugs," "Delete the NSA," "Term Limits for Reporters" and "Pollution is a Crime."

The channel has about 235 subscribers. The viewership runs from 125 on the most recent missive, posted Monday, to 13,850 for his opening statement, issued six months ago.

Haugh's campaign page on Facebook has about 1,125 likes. On Twitter, he has about 400 followers.

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TAMPA Adrian Wyllie isnt your typical candidate for governor of Florida. Among other things, he campaigns in beer parlors and brags on the stump about his most recent arrests.

But theres method in the seeming madness of Wyllie, the Libertarian wholl be on the ballot in November along with Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger, former Gov. Charlie Crist.

Wyllie did a statewide tour of campaign stops in craft breweries because he thinks recent legislative proposals that threatened Floridas nascent but booming craft beer industry but didnt pass typified excessive government regulation motivated by crony politics.

The arrests he brags about, the most recent in Collier County, are for driving while refusing to get a drivers license in protest of the new anti-terrorism Real ID system that requires extensive identification. Wyllie says it subjects citizens to potentially excessive government surveillance.

His proposals for how to run state government arent exactly conventional, either.

He wants to cut the state budget by 30 percent; abolish environmental regulations, marriage licenses and property taxes on homesteads; fully legalize marijuana; and convert the state to a kind of gold standard. Florida, he says, should pay all its bills with gold or silver coins.

Wyllie says his ideas are necessary to save Florida from what he calls the growing totalitarian state, which he says is imbued with waste, cronyism and corruption.

I cant say I really want to be governor, but I recognize the need, he told a small crowd of students at St. Petersburg College last week.

One of his first challenges is how to tell people what Libertarians stand for.

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Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) September 27, 2014

The Libertarian Party's Governor Candidate, Michael McDermott, will join the Manhattan and Brooklyn Libertarian Party at their booth at the 40th Annual ATLANTIC ANTIC STREET FAIR this Sunday, September 28, 2014, 12-6PM, rain or shine in Brooklyn.

Michael McDermott will greet the thousands of people expected to attend with members of both chapters of The Libertarian Party of New York. The Libertarian booth is located at space "GN51" which is located between Hoyt and Bond Streets at the corner of Bond Street. The nearest address for the location is 395 Atlantic Ave.

The nearest subway station is "Hoyt Schermerhorn" on the A, C and G subway lines. Walk on Schermerhorn one block east to Bond Street, turn right and walk two blocks to Atlantic. Nevins is the closest stop for the 2, 3, 4, 5 Lines. Exit to Fulton Street. Walk South on Nevins (the next street is Livingston) four blocks to Atlantic, then turn right to Bond Street, one block away. On the D, N, or R train or the LIRR, get off at the Atlantic Ave-Pacific Street station. Fourth Avenue and Atlantic is the eastern boundary of Atlantic Avenue. Walk four blocks to Bond Street.

Candidate McDermott's schedule will also include attending other speaking engagements and town hall meetings across New York State up to the November 4 General Election.

More information on Mr. McDermott's positions and the Libertarian Platform can be found at the McDermott campaign's website at http://votemcdermott.org. The site also includes a calendar of events which is updated daily.

In other news, candidate McDermott has been taking time from his campaign to attend every court hearing in the hotly disputed 5th State Senate District court case - Index Number 8640/14 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York - between Georgina Gigi Bowman and incumbent Senator Carl Marcellino. McDermott has stated, Every battle that is just and right needs to be fought, and I firmly stand with Long Island mom and real estate agent Gigi Bowman and her campaign because the people of the 5th Senate District deserves to have another choice on who represents them in the State Senate.

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