Did the Libertarian Radicals Lose Their Inter-Party Fight? Not So Fast, Says One
Caryn Ann Harlos points out that the L.P.'s Radical Caucus won a bunch of important platform fights, and has plenty of momentum
Caryn Ann Harlos points out that the L.P.'s Radical Caucus won a bunch of important platform fights, and has plenty of momentum
Prior to FBI Director Comey's statements, Gary Johnson did not want to be a "stone thrower" when it comes to Clinton and her email issues. Some Libertarians are peeved at a missed opportunity.
Some, no doubt, but voter misgivings with non-major party choices can be hard to vault.
July 2016: 8% across dozens of national polls, TV all the time. July 2012: 4% in a couple polls, organizing protests outside CNN.
All in the service of encouraging you to vote Libertarian, of course
Wisconsin at an overall 16 percent especially strong for the Libertarian ticket.
LBJ's Daisy, Nixon's "Crime," Dukakis' "Snoopy" tank ride, you've got competition.
A step-by-step guide to how the Libertarian Party nominee might make it onstage.
Gary Johnson's refreshing perspective should be included in the presidential debates.
'Johnson may not have maximized his opportunity last night, but the fundamentals he brought, which have placed the party on the threshold of success, remain firmly in place'
Beloved physician was known for his good humor and 'I'm THAT Libertarian' rap
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld present their policies to a national audience.
Were the Libertarian Party's representatives prepared for the most obvious question?
Court dismissed a challenge from a former Libertarian gubernatorial nominee
While there are big differences between Johnson's and Sanders' economic platforms, their views have more overlap when it comes to social and foreign policy.
Libertarians are getting the chance to make their case to the voting public.
Beyond drawing nearly 10%, the Libertarian is disproportionally attracting independents and Millennials, despite low name recognition
When the Libertarian vice presidential pick says libertarianism means "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" he seems to mean that in the most restrictive sense of those terms in modern American politics, and won't step outside them.
He's against it, because he thinks government watchlists can never be free of people who shouldn't be on them.
Don't assume that the Libertarian is only poaching Republicans
Libertarian Party candidates get valuable primetime cable news attention.
Ron Nielson speaks on Libertarian strategy and the fight to get to where they are today: Rocky Mountain states, earned media, and the fight for the polls.
That is not moderation, it is a cop out.
Gun free zones and providing free recruiting services to ISIS by overly crediting Orlando shooting to foreign terror both condemned by Gary Johnson in interview this morning.
Johnson hopes for an electorate eager to be left alone and to turn around a debt-riddled government.
He's not a major party candidate and so he doesn't have the luxury of vagueness
Tonie Nathan ran for vice-president in 1972 and, along with presidential nominee John Hospers, won an electoral vote.
Kill NSA and IRS; maybe NAFTA was a bad idea? And driven by asking whether any government action will really "make things better."
But the numbers pale against the searches for Trump and Clinton.
LP presidential candidate and former two-term New Mexico governor says "great middle of this country is libertarian."
Anti-Iran deal but pro-trade, wants to encourage China to curb North Korea, and too experienced with the actual complications of governing to want to rethink World War II on the fly.
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Reason TV talked with Libertarian Party delegates and candidates about goalposts for 2016.
To be included in debate, a candidate must be polling at 15 percent in five mainstream news polls, only one of which currently includes Johnson.
Making the case for less government to people who want alternatives to authority.
Repurposing his PurplePAC, Crane hopes for seven figures contributions from wealthy libertarians to show Americans they have an option that's "socially tolerant, skeptical of militarism, and for the free market."
Laura Ebke of Nebraska's technically nonpartisan unicameral legislature switches her affiation from Republican to Libertarian.
Besides foreign policy, the quartet yaks about Kristolean futility, L.P. stripteases, America's new four-party system, and more. Â
While #NeverTrumpers continue playing Fantasy Election-ball, Libertarians do the hard work to compete
The failure to offer credible alternatives to Trump-or to accept Gary Johnson as one-shows that pro-war social cons are a dying breed.
"We will offer an attractive alternate to the two flavors of authoritarianism, cronyism, and all-war-all-the-time foreign policies of the other two candidates," Kibbe says.
Raising money, building an organization, fighting to get in the polls, and selling themselves as the best of both major parties.