
U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn.
Wolfe, an attorney based out of Chattanooga, announced his intentions last year to challenge President Barack Obama in the Democratic Party presidential primaries. So far, he has appeared on the primary ballots in New Hampshire, Missouri, and Louisiana. In Louisiana, he had his strongest showing, winning 12 percent overall with over 15 percent in some congressional districts, qualifying him for Democratic National Convention delegates.  However, because certain paperwork had not been filed, the party stripped Wolfe of the delegates. Wolfe says he will sue the party to receive them.  
Wolfe will compete for additional delegates at the May 22 Arkansas primary and the May 29 Texas primary. He is the only challenger to Obama in Arkansas, where a May 10 Hendrix College poll of Democrats shows him with 38 percent support, just short of the 45 percent for Obama. Such an outing would top the margin of Texas prison inmate Keith Russell Judd, who finished 18 percent behind Obama with 41 percent in the West Virginia Democratic primary; the strongest showing yet against the incumbent president. Despite these prospects, the Democratic Party of Arkansas has already announced that if Wolfe wins any delegates in their primary, again, due to paperwork, the delegates will not be awarded.  Wolfe will appear on the Texas ballot alongside Obama, activist Bob Ely, and historian Darcy Richardson, who ended his campaign last month.
Wolfe has previously run for U.S. Congress as the Democratic Party's nominee. On his campaign website, he cites the influence "of the Pentagon, Wall Street, and corporations" on the Obama administration as a reason for his challenge, believing these negatively affect "loyal Americans, taxpayers and small businesses."  Wolfe calls for the usage of anti-trust laws to break up large banks, higher taxes on Wall Street, the creation of an "alternative federal reserve" to assist community banks, and the implementation of a single-payer health care system.
With Wikinews, Wolfe discusses his campaign, the presidency of Barack Obama, corporations, energy, the federal budget, immigration, and the nuclear situation in Iran among other issues.  
((William S. Saturn)) What is the status of your lawsuit concerning Louisiana delegates?
((WSS)) What court will it be filed in?
((WSS)) If you qualify for delegates in Arkansas and Texas, in light of what happened in Louisiana, what will you do to avoid having those delegates stripped?
((WSS)) You mentioned open primaries, and Texas and Arkansas have open primaries.
((WSS)) So how do you feel about Republican voters that have no interest in their own primary and so vote for you in the Democratic primary to embarrass Obama?
((WSS)) Well that might have happened in West Virginia, where there was more voters that participated in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary. So what is your reaction to the showing of prison inmate Keith Russell Judd in that primary?
((WSS)) How do you feel about the support you received from the conservative publication, The Weekly Standard?
((WSS)) In the interview you had with The Weekly Standard, you said that you are the only Democratic challenger to Obama that is actively campaigning. What kind of activities do you take part in for the campaign?
((WSS)) I mentioned that interview you had with The Weekly Standard. During that interview, you said that you opposed same-sex marriage even though you backed the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell". Might this hurt you with Democrats looking for a progressive alternative to Barack Obama?
((WSS)) Well, personally, do you believe it is a federal or state issue?
((WSS)) Do you believe Obama has done any good things as president?
((WSS)) Will you support him during the November election or somebody else?
((WSS)) But if it was a choice between him and [Mitt] Romney, who would you favor?
((WSS)) Let's get into policy a little more. How can high energy costs be reduced?
((WSS)) On your campaign website, you propose a reinstatement of the Glass–Steagall Act and creation of an alternative Federal Reserve.  These require cooperation with Congress. How can a president work with a hostile congress to accomplish these goals?
((WSS)) At this point, do you believe that the federal budget can be balanced?
((WSS)) What are your views on immigration?
((WSS)) I have one final question. It's on foreign policy. How can the president deal with the nuclear situation in Iran?

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Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama