Maybe the Election Results Were Kinda Good for Libertarians?
Also, maybe not! Previewing divided government and incoming vaccines on the Reason Roundtable podcast.
Which weekend op-ed headline team are you on? "Libertarians Spoil the Election: Jo Jorgensen exceeds Biden's margin in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia," by Walter Block? Or "One Group Is Unreservedly Happy About the Election Results: Libertarians are pleased to have likely dodged the bullet of one-party government control," by Liz Mair? (As you know, there can only be two choices in American politics…)
The Reason Roundtable podcast, featuring as it does four small-l libertarians (Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, Matt Welch, and Katherine Mangu-Ward), has a range of views on the subject. On today's episode we discuss the promise and pitfalls of divided government, the worrying and soon-to-be-goosed trend toward pen-and-phone governance, the glass-half-full vs. glass-should-be-thrown-against-the wall interpretation of the Libertarian Party's Tuesday, and also the marvelous late-breaking news that a COVID-19 vaccine appears to be incoming.
Audio production by Ian Keyser and Regan Taylor.
Music: "CGI Snake" by Chris Zabriskie.
Relevant links from the show:
"Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Is 90% Effective," by Ronald Bailey
"Joe Biden's Presidency Is Coming. It Will Be Bad In Predictable Ways," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"According to Trump, Nearly Everyone Is Conspiring To Deny Him His Rightful Victory," by Jacob Sullum
"Joe Biden Declared Winner of Presidential Race," by Billy Binion
"Feeling Good About the Future After an Ugly Election," by Nick Gillespie
"Georgia Will Determine the Nation's Political Fate," by Billy Binion
"Joe Biden's Endless River of Debt and Regulation," by Nick Gillespie
"The 2020 Election Results Look Like a Massive Rebuke of Socialism," by Robby Soave
"Twitter's Flagging of Trump's Post-Election Tweets Is Haphazard, Irrational, and Ineffectual," by Jacob Sullum
"Democrats' Crumbling Hopes of a Blue Wave Make Divided Government More Likely," by Billy Binion
"Brian Riedl: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and $6 Trillion Budgets," by Nick Gillespie
"America's Disastrous Drug War Is Finally Unravelling," by Regan Taylor
"Yesterday's Clean Sweep for Drug Policy Reform Suggests That Prohibition May Collapse Sooner Than Expected," by Jacob Sullum
"On Election Night, the Real Winner Was Drugs," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"What's Next for the Libertarian Party After Jo Jorgensen Got 1%?" by Zach Weissmueller
"Where Do Libertarians Go From Here?" by Steven Greenhut
"Meet Marshall Burt, Who's About To Become the Libertarian Party's Only Sitting State Legislator," by Brian Doherty
"Think Jo Jorgensen Is a Spoiler? Run These Numbers First," by Matt Welch
"You Are Not Entitled to Libertarian Votes," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Jo Jorgensen Heading Toward Second-Best Result in Libertarian Party History," by Matt Welch
"Maybe Jo Jorgensen Finishing With 1% Would Actually Be Pretty Good?" by Matt Welch
"Who Should Libertarians Vote For in 2020? A Soho Forum Debate," by John Osterhoudt
"What Is the Ideal Strategy for the Libertarian Party? A Soho Forum Debate," by John Osterhoudt
"Video: Nick Gillespie and Walter Block Debate Whether Libertarians Should Vote for Trump," by Nick Gillespie
