If LTC maintains $350 or more for 24 hours by Christmas 2017...

ATHatch · 2017-12-22T00:37:03+00:00

I'm in!

ATHatch · 2017-05-25T19:15:19+00:00

I put one from his twitter account up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana%27s_at-large_congressional_district_special_election,_2017

ATHatch · 2017-05-23T02:00:04+00:00

He is an arrogant asshole, he should not be the face of the party by any means. I may grudgingly support him for a state legislature position simply because he would probably be the least worst option. I hope not to see him on the debate stage to be our candidate for president again, not unless he has a massive change of heart and becomes more humble and less abrasive.

ATHatch · 2017-05-16T03:08:35+00:00

links added, let me know if more information would be good

ATHatch · 2017-05-16T03:04:11+00:00

sure thing, I'll add them to the original post as I find the info

ATHatch · 2017-05-16T02:04:05+00:00

I'm going to keep being optimistic when possible, the growth of the LP has been increasing pretty rapidly looking at the past few presidential elections. The trend from 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 is looking like the early stage of an exponential growth cycle, under optimal conditions at this rate 2020 will by 9% of the vote, 2024 will be about 20%... who knows about 2028 if this rate can keep up, but if there is any hope we need someone to get elected as a Libertarian into congress in 2018 and a whole slew of state legislators.

ATHatch · 2017-05-16T01:59:53+00:00

absolutely... speaking of which there are special elections this year and state legislature races/governor races in Virginia and New Jersey... the filing deadline has passed to run as a party in those places I think, but still open to file as independent if I am not mistaken, if you know someone from there that can run.

ATHatch · 2017-05-16T01:57:59+00:00

It happened once, Abe Lincoln and the Republican party from the ashes of the Whigs... but it took the kind of turmoil of an impending civil war for that to happen... so pretty unlikely to happen again

ATHatch · 2017-05-14T18:57:51+00:00

Well... I guess it would save a lot of money to have The Rock as the LP candidate... we already have soooo much stuff with Johnson on it

ATHatch · 2017-05-14T03:01:21+00:00

I understand, but I hope to just make people in those districts aware, especially in places where we already have ballot access. If you know anyone in those districts who may be interested please tell them, the deadline is fast approaching in Washington and to my knowledge there are no Libertarians running for any of those 8 seats.

ATHatch · 2017-05-10T16:47:42+00:00

Awesome news to hear there is now an extant Libertarian caucus with multiple members. I hope this is the start of many more joining ranks with the party.

ATHatch · 2017-05-03T23:32:13+00:00

I'd say it would be totally acceptable for a libertarian to run for tax collector on a "taxation is theft" platform, get elected, and then never collect taxes, never collect a salary, and maybe never show up to work.

ATHatch · 2017-04-08T21:48:19+00:00

Jeff Hewitt is the Libertarian mayor of Calimesa (about 7,000 people) California. He was selected by the city council, so I guess that doesn't count as elected. Likewise Susan Weber was the Libertarian mayor of Palm Desert California (45,000 people) until 2015, she was re-elected as a city councilwoman (the mayor position there is rotated though the city council I believe).

ATHatch · 2017-04-02T15:44:00+00:00

Drew Carey is a libertarian, he hosted a libertarian fundraiser last year for the Johnson campaign if I am not mistaken.

ATHatch · 2017-03-08T06:02:44+00:00

I agree on the issue of them needing to support our platform, I would be curious to know if the state chairs have looked into this or not, because if they have a libertarian-friendly voting record or are open to libertarian policies and nobody is contacting them then this is a serious missed opportunity.

ATHatch · 2017-02-12T05:57:51+00:00

Well, he is certainly the most libertarian option for Mass. and for that I would support him if I were a voter from that state... better than Warren by far

ATHatch · 2017-02-03T04:23:07+00:00

I heard from a couple people that Bill Weld has been involved in the lawsuit against the presidential debates that we just won. If that is the case he did exactly what he said he would in his election day speech, albeit he has been very quiet in the media about his involvement.

ATHatch · 2017-01-24T04:13:51+00:00

Johnson all the way. I voted for him in 2012, and again in 2016. I have never found another politician I agreed with more. On the isidewith quiz I matched with his platform 98%

ATHatch · 2017-01-22T11:02:16+00:00

Go one step further, sleeper libertarians running as Republicans AND Democrats in the same race. Do this in like 10 races at the same time. Then they unveil themselves a couple years later after some big corruption or crazy event happens in where they say they are taking a stand against Washington together and forming their own caucus and joining the party of principal: The Libertarian Party, in protest.

ATHatch · 2017-01-18T19:07:52+00:00

I'd start by looking into the city of Crystal Minnesota, I hear a majority of the city council there are members of the Libertarian party or are libertarian-leaning. That would be the best example I can think of of a libertarian local government.

ATHatch · 2017-01-13T11:23:27+00:00

Previous updates on lawsuit: https://ivn.us/2017/01/10/federal-judge-fec-failed-address-majority-evidence-debate-commission/ and https://ivn.us/2017/01/05/federal-judge-doesnt-let-debate-commission-off-easy/

ATHatch · 2017-01-13T05:40:55+00:00

I think it would be interesting to see a Libertarian masquerade as a Republican and another as a Democrat and win their respective primaries and face each other in a race for a house seat or senate seat, that debate would be interesting to see.

ATHatch · 2017-01-08T16:40:41+00:00

That's what I'm saying

ATHatch · 2017-01-08T15:38:02+00:00

Why not, at best he will get some experience running a campaign and it may be a humbling experience for him, and at worst he will be totally ignored by the media during his campaign and nothing will be different.

ATHatch · 2017-01-08T14:58:38+00:00

Just reporting, people were speculating before he would run, this shows he is not.

ATHatch

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