Visitors to Browne's site are greeted with a clear statement of the candidate's libertarian creed: "I am running for president because I want you to be free to live your life as you think it should be lived...free to raise your children by your values, not those of some far-off bureaucrat...free to keep every dollar you earn--and spend it, save it, give it away as you think best..." Elsewhere on the site, visitors can find Browne's stands on specific issues, including: end the "failed drug war" and free all prisoners convicted of non-violent violations of federal drug laws; end immigration restrictions; "get the government completely out of Social Security" and fund private retirement accounts; and--fearing "entangling alliances"--Browne promises to "bring our troops home" and "see to it that America has a proper defense against any missile attack."

Also on the site, visitors can: follow Browne's campaign schedule, watch his television ads, meet his running mate Art Olivier, and read Browne's campaign journal dating back to February 2000.

· http://www.npr.org/news/national/election2000/bios/libertarian.html
NPR's brief on the Libertarian Party (with Audio)

· http://www.issues2000.org/Harry_Browne.htm
Extensive quotations from Browne on the issues

· http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/browne_7-05.html
Harry Browne on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (July 5, 2000)

· http://www.lp.org/
Libertarian Party Home Page

In an election characterized by largely centrist positions, Buchanan offers himself as the true alternative. The word "abolish" appears more times on Buchanan's site than perhaps that of any other major candidate. As President, Buchanan promises to: abolish the Department of Education and the Bureau of Land Management; abolish all racial quotas and set-asides; abolish all inheritance and capital gains taxes on family farms; and abolish soft money contributions. Two other favorite verbs for Buchanan are "dismantle" and "defund," as in "I will dismantle the Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development" and "I will defund the National Endowment of the Arts, the National Endowment of the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting." Buchanan's health care policy--"phase out foreign aid" and spend the money instead on Americans here at home--is not much different from his Trade and Foreign policies which stress "putting the American Economy before the Global Economy."

In addition to these issue positions, visitors to the site can also find: a listing of almost every media appearance or media mention of the Buchanan campaign; full transcripts of major speeches; a complete library of press releases; and opportunities to join the "Buchanan Brigade" by contributing money or time. One feature--"On the Trail with Pat and Ezola"--offers the only significant mention of Buchanan's running mate, Ezola Foster who, curiously, is rarely mentioned in the dispatches. The site features a minor biographical sketch about her and some quotes, but none of her issue positions, and virtually no press clippings about her. Outside of her picture with Pat on the home page the site does not deal with her at all.

· http://www.reformparty.org/
Official Reform Party Site

· http://www.buchanan.org/index.html
Buchanan For President (unofficial)

· http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/buchanan_9-12.html
Pat Buchanan on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (September 12, 2000)

· http://www.salon.com/directory/topics/pat_buchanan/index.html
Salon articles on Buchanan

Representing a Natural Law Party/Independent Party coalition, John Hagelin and his running mate Nat Goldhaber are running under the twin banners-- "Vote Outside the Box" and "Anything's Possible." The top five features of the ticket's "20 Point Action Plan to Revitalize America" are: (1) end special interest control; (2) promote preventive health care; (3) strengthen education; (4) cut taxes; (4) overhaul the tax code. Also on the site, Hagelin, who frequently mentions his credentials as a "quantum physicist," explains the core beliefs of the Natural Law Party: "America's problems are human problems -- crime, drug dependency, domestic violence, even pollution result from a narrowness of vision that fails to comprehend life's essential unity. The only way we can overcome these problems is through the expansion of consciousness -- education that actualizes the full potential of the brain." Under a separate heading, "Life in Accord With Natural Law--The Solution to All Problems"--Hagelin explains how "mistakes, sickness, and suffering could be eliminated at their source." In health care, for example, Hagelin proposes to "end America's `health care crisis'" by "utilizing the profound laws of nature governing the human physiology and the immune system to prevent disease and promote health."

· http://www.issues2000.org/John_Hagelin.htm
Extensive quotes from John Hagelin on the issues

· http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/hagelin_8-30.html
John Hagelin on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (August 30, 2000)

· http://www.natural-law.org/
Natural Law Party Official Site

"Government of, by, and for the people," the Nader2000 web site promises, "not monied interests." Under the heading, "Why Vote for Ralph?", the site features Nader's positions on three issues: Campaign Finance (against "corporatized candidates," wants to"end legalized bribery" with pubic financing of campaigns and free TV and Radio air time); Trade (withdraw from NAFTA and the WTO); and Health Care (we need universal coverage).

Using a combination of detailed argument and selected quotes from Nader media appearances, the site also offers Nader's positions on a number of other issues, including: Social Security ("it needs to be improved, not `saved'...by "radical privatization plans"); Affirmative Action (against quotos, but strongly in favor of "using race and gender as one of many factors" to consider when evaluating an applicant; and Nuclear Disarmament ("the United States has refused to adopt a no-first-use policy... and neither Vice President Gore or Governor Bush has committed...to the abolition of nuclear weapons as a long-term goal.").

· http://www.nader2000.org/
Ralph Nader for President 2000 (Unofficial)

· http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/jan-june00/nader_6-30.html
Ralph Nader on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (June 30, 2000)

· http://www.sfbg.com/nader/
"In the Public Interest" (Nader's weekly newspaper column)

· http://www.gp.org/
Green Party Platform

· http://www.greenparties.org/
Association of the State Green Parties

"Don't waste your vote on George W. Bush," the Phllips2000 site counsels. "A vote for Howard Phillips is an investment in our future." Phillips, formerly the presidential nominee of the US Taxpayers Party, seems pre-occupied with the Republican presidential nominee, offering visitors to his site "Bush Watch" and "Bush Record" sections to track how the Texas governor is "betraying conservatives." Couching his position in an oblique, new millenium twist on George Washington's famous warning to "avoid entangling alliances," Phillips announces his intention to withdraw the US. from "treaties or global organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund."

In a section titled "Howard Phillips on the Issues," the candidate needs only a few short paragraphs to explain what he plans to do as president: veto all funding for the IRS; work to replace the income tax with a 25% revenue tariff on imports; repeal the Sixteenth Amendment (federal income tax, adopted in 1913); privatize Social Security; appoint United States Attorneys "to uphold the Constitution and prosecute every abortionist and abortuary in the United States"; end any Federal role in education or the environment; and abolish all welfare programs, among other things.

· http://www.issues2000.org/Howard_Phillips.htm
Extensive quotes from Howard Phillips on the issues

· http://www.constitutionparty.org/
Official Constitution Party Site