National Chairman's Letter

December 1999

Dear Members and Friends of the Independent American Party,

In behalf of the National Officers, National Executive Committee and National Committee of the Independent American Party, may I extend to you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year!  We pray that the new millennium will start us in the direction of renewed righteousness, freedom and peace for our nation.

Reflecting on 1999 as this year comes to a close:  We have gained IAP members in 37 states, built relations with a number of like-minded third parties in different states (though none of them have formally affiliated with the IAP), held two successful National Committee meetings, and added over 100 Viewpoint articles, as well as other material, to our USIAP.ORG web site.

Looking ahead to 2000:  This may prove to be a dynamic election year.  The Bush/McCain contest and the Gore/Bradley contest will fill most of the news.  The potential Buchanan/Trump contest (with possibly Ventura and Perot) may prove to be the most politically interesting.  The IAP may benefit from the results of these other contests.  We will insure that our candidates be pro-family, pro-Constitution and pro-America.

Regarding the Utah IAP presidential primary:  The Utah Lt. Governor has ruled in our favor that a candidate of another party may run in our presidential primary in March, then run in the general election under a different party in November.  This opens the way for Pat Buchanan and Howard Phillips to enter our Utah IAP primary and run later under their own party if they choose.

Howard Phillips and Earl Dodge are both very interested in entering the Utah IAP presidential primary.  Dodge was elected as the Prohibition Party presidential nominee at their national convention in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania last July.   Phillips was elected as the Constitution Party presidential nominee at their national convention in St. Louis, Missouri last September.  I attended both conventions and feel that both are very fine men. And we may have other candidates surface before the January 17 filing deadline.

Our next IAP National Committee meeting was tentatively scheduled for January 21-22, 2000.  However, we are postponing it to late February or early March.  Since the meeting will be in Salt Lake City, we desire to have the Utah IAP presidential primary participants speak at our National Committee meeting.  We need time to see who all our candidates will be, and to be able to schedule them for the meeting.  This will also benefit them media-wise if done just prior to the March 10 presidential primary.   We look forward to both events.

Yours for Freedom!

Bruce Bangerter
IAP National Chairman