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VAIL Libertarian candidates for the state Legislature are taking their campaigns to a new high.

Lee Mulcahy for State Senate is hosting a fine dining cannabis exploration in the Vail Sonnenalps Garmisch-Munich room.

My populist campaign is about government overreach and making government work for the people, Mulcahy said.

Mulcahy is running to represent Colorados state Senate District 5, seven counties including Eagle and Pitkin. The longtime Aspen resident will be biking over with friends from Basalt.

Thom Haupt is running for the state House District 26 seat, Eagle and Routt counties.

Sundays Fine Dining Exploration will educate diners on the benefits of marijuana and showcase the how marijuana can be incorporated into the fine dining experience. The event will feature recipes from the Food & Wine Fine Dining Cannabis Exploration presented by chef Randy Placeres, of Aspen Culinary Solutions.

Placeres said he will use a variety of infused oils and butters on the food he prepares. The first course, for example, is a yellowtail crudo with coconut-ginger sativa oil.

The THC levels will be minimal, Placeres said.

Government overreach

Mulcahy said its just plain wrong for Colorado to spend more on prisons than higher education.

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Rand Paul insists hes not an isolationist. Luckily for him, many in his libertarian base are willing to let him keep saying that.

A movement that often demands ideological purity is, for now, largely giving the potential 2016 presidential contender a pass, even as he appears to take some foreign policy positions well beyond traditional libertarian limits.

Libertarians say theyre willing to look the other way because the Kentucky Republican the son of isolationist iconoclast Ron Paul is their best hope for taking their views into the mainstream and all the way to the White House. In more than a dozen interviews at a libertarian conference this week in Alexandria, Virginia, many attendees said they understand if Paul, who recently came out in favor of airstrikes against militants in Iraq, has to hedge on some issues to gain broader appeal but that they still believe hes one of them at heart.

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Hes playing two games, said John Walsh, a former professor of physiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Hes trying to position himself so he doesnt get tripped up and ruled out [of 2016], and at the same time, maintain his anti-interventionism.

Paul already faces deep skepticism from many establishment Republicans. They are quick to note that he once espoused isolationist-leaning views, including arguing for ending all foreign aid, including to Israel; reining in defense spending and expressing deep reluctance to intervene in the Middle East. He has since distanced himself from some of those positions saying, for instance, that he would not support ending aid to Israel anytime soon but hawkish members of the GOP donor class remain unconvinced.

When people meet Sen. Paul in person, theyre impressed by him, and he exceeds the expectations they have based upon the rantings of his father, said one Republican who works closely with hawkish GOP donors. He can change his positions now and come across as friendly in one-on-one meetings, but he still, at some point, is going to have to explain for his previous positions. And by the way, if he actually flips to a pro-Israel or more interventionist foreign policy, hes going to lose a lot of his base libertarian isolationist supporters.

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But at this weeks Liberty Political Action Conference, it was clear that, for now, Paul maintains a large reservoir of support even among the most hardcore libertarians.

More than 600 ardent libertarian activists gathered for the event, which is tied to Ron Paul, who is idolized at LPAC. Those gathered were far from mainstream Republicans: Many are deeply anti-war and pro-pot; several could be heard muttering conspiracy theories about how past presidential elections were stolen from Ron Paul; one screamed at a reporter for ruining America. Yet they represent an energetic segment of the grass roots that would be vital to a Rand Paul presidential bid.

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General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

Aspirants for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress have been intensifying their moves to win delegates support during the partys primary, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.

A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have gone head to head in the battle to sway delegates should the partys consensus option of choosing its presidential candidate fails.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that Buhari camp had been seriously reaching out to APC chieftains across the country to ensure the former Head of State was picked as a consensus candidate, while Atiku had been holding series of consultative meetings with stakeholders such as governors, party leaders at state and local government levels.

Atiku had on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with the APC Senate caucus in his Abuja residence.

Although details of the meeting were not made public, Saturday PUNCH gathered that the former vice- president intimated his guests about his desire to fly the party flag.

It was gathered that the APC is not leaving anything to chance.

A section of the APC is working on the assumption that President Goodluck Jonathan has firm grip of the South-South and the South-East and its candidate should be able to hold the North-West and the North-East. Buharis strategists are confident that their principal has effective grip of these two regions taking into account his performance during the 2011 elections.

The Buhari camp is very confident of block votes from sections of the country where the party enjoys a large following.

By their calculations in the North -West, delegates from Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara will vote for their candidate, in the North-East, delegates from Borno and Yobe and parts of Bauchi states and Gombe State will also cast their lot with the retired general.

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APC ticket: Buhari, Atiku seek delegates support

Liberals Are Dummies
Liberals say the darnedest things. Fred Sanford tells exactly what he thinks of them!

By: theronniebuss

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Though the race is tightening, the Liberals under Brian Gallant appear on track to form New Brunswick's next government when voters go to the polls on Sept. 22.

The latest numbers put the Liberals in the lead with 45 per cent, against 36 per cent for David Alward's governing Progressive Conservatives. The New Democrats were at 11 per cent, with the Greens in fourth at six per cent.

The survey was conducted by Corporate Research Associates (CRA) between Sept. 15 and 18, interviewing 489 New Brunswickers via telephone. The margin of error associated with the survey is plus or minus 4.4 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

The Liberals have been polling in the mid-40s for some time, suggesting that the party's support is holding steady and this despite the problematic interview Gallant recently had with the CBC's Harry Forestell.

But the PCs could be in the midst of making a late-campaign surge. Compared withCRA's previous survey of Aug. 19-31, the party has experienced a seven-point increase. On the question of who would make the best premier, Alward was up five points to 27 per cent (Gallant was still ahead with 32 per cent). Neither Alward nor his party have polled this high since 2012.

This is only the first sign that the Tories may be making a move, however. A poll conducted by Forum Research on Sept. 11, surveying 732 New Brunswickers via interactive voice response, found no such momentum for the party.

The NDP, on the other hand, seems to be sliding. The party was down six points from CRA's previous survey, echoing a smaller drop recorded by Forum on Sept. 11. In addition, leader Dominic Cardy was down four points to just seven per cent on who would make the best premier. Cardy has never polled so low, and the party has not put up such poor numbers in more than three years.

If the Progressive Conservatives can continue to make some gains over the final weekend of the campaign, they certainly do have a chance at re-election. But the gap is a large one to overcome.

Taking into account the potential for the normal kind of polling error and late shifts that have occurred in other provinces, the current projection for the Liberals stands at between 43 and 49 per cent support, with the Tories between 34 and 39 per cent. The NDP would be well behind, at between eight and 15 per cent support.

These numbers are likely to deliver the Liberals a majority government of between 25 and 35 seats, with the Tories taking between 13 and 24 seats. The New Democrats have an outside chance of winning a single seat.

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Polls suggest Liberals poised for government in N.B., despite PC gains