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A hearing is scheduled for tomorrow to consider a request to modify Tamaccio's probation terms. He is already in an outpatient treatment program for the latest drug activity.

Tamaccio yesterday accused federal prosecutors and probation officials of "doing everything they can to quell my political dissent and political views."

He vowed to fight a request from probation officials to prohibit him from associating with "The Panic Hour," an activist group that holds "Smokedown Prohibition" events at Independence National Historic Park.

"It's not going to affect my campaign in any capacity," Tamaccio said of the hearing. "The fact that I'm a victim of the drug war for my political beliefs is something that I'm proud of."

Tamaccio was arrested at a Smokedown event on May 18 and later admitted to smoking marijuana there and then resisting arrest by a U.S. park ranger. He was sentenced to one year of probation.

The next Smokedown Prohibition is scheduled for Sunday, which falls on April 20 - or 4/20 - a day popular with marijuana activists to celebrate their cause.

Tamaccio was selected two weeks ago as the Libertarian Party's candidate for the election to fill the seat vacated when Councilman Bill Green, a Democrat, resigned in February to become chairman of the School Reform Commission. He has filed a ballot name-change petition to be listed as Nikki Allen Poe, a stage name he uses for comedy and activism.

The city's Democratic ward leaders selected state Rep. Ed Neilson as their special-election candidate. The Republicans selected ward leader Matt Wolfe.

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MADISON, Wis., April 15 (UPI) -- Wisconsin Republicans are going to vote at the next state GOP convention on whether to secede from the United States.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican who is possibly considering a 2016 presidential run, disagrees with his party on this matter.

"I don't think that one aligns with where most Republican officials are in the state of Wisconsin -- certainly not with me," Walker told reporters last week.

Joe Fadness, executive director of the state Republican Party, has also said that he does not support the move to secede.

The resolution made it past committee on April 5, so it will be submitted for an up or down vote at the Republican convention May 2-4.

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Mike Pence has spent more than a decade courting the deep-pocketed small-government cadre that has come to dominate Republican politics: The Koch brothers, the Club for Growth and the Heritage Foundation.

He turned their heads by opposing President George W. Bushs No Child Left Behind education bill in 2001; captured their imagination by leading a revolt against the expansion of Medicare into prescription drug coverage in 2003; and won their loyalty with a 2004 speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference that took the GOP to task for veering off course into big-government Republicanism.

Now, Pence is in his second year as governor of Indiana, and some of the very same Republicans who once thought of the former radio talk-show host as their voice on the U.S. House floor want him in the 2016 Republican presidential contest.

I have no doubt that he would make a great president, said Steven Chancellor, the chief executive officer of Evansville, Indiana-based American Patriot Group, the parent of a company that makes ready-to-eat rations for the Pentagon. He certainly distinguished himself in the House and is off to a great start as governor.

White knight or dark horse, Republicans are searching for a candidate who can unite the partys pro-business establishment with its small-government activists, particularly now that New Jersey Governor Chris Christies bridge scandal has left a void in the presidential field. Pences allies say the temperate-toned executive has a record that pleases the staunchest defense hawks, anti-tax groups and abortion-rights opponents.

Pence is extremely well thought of on the conservative side and has a lot of support from the mainstream, as well, said Chancellor, who has encouraged Pence to run in subtle ways, even though he also likes former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and South Dakota Senator John Thune as prospective candidates.

Part of the challenge for Pence, 54, is that he would have to distinguish himself from a bumper crop of Republican governors with longer records who are also potential candidates. They include Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Bush. Grover Norquist, president of the Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform, said Pence has to answer this question after just slightly more than a year running Indiana: How do I compete with people who have done a whole bunch?

And even though hes a favorite of some of the wealthiest Republican donors, many of those contributors have also given to other potential Republican hopefuls.

Pence said last week that hes listening to those who want him to run for president, and his campaign reports show he can raise enough money to compete.

When he ran for governor, billionaire industrialist David H. Koch poured $200,000 into the campaign, according to Indiana campaign finance records. Angies List co-founder Bill Oesterle of Indianapolis kicked in $100,000, and Waltham, Massachusetts-based buyout specialist J.W. Childs added $50,000 to Pences coffers.

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