Comments on: Libertarians: Success is Good! http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Timothy West http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-365 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:10:18 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-365 Yes. Paper candidates are death. I would rather run 1 good qualified candidate than 10 paper candidates. Yes. Paper candidates are death. I would rather run 1 good qualified candidate than 10 paper candidates.

]]> by: Douglas E. http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-362 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:30:46 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-362 Fewer candidates is probably a good thing. I have always thought the LP needs to focus on a few key races in any state rather than run a dozen or more clowns for office randomly. Fewer candidates is probably a good thing. I have always thought the LP needs to focus on a few key races in any state rather than run a dozen or more clowns for office randomly.

]]> by: George Phillies http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-361 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:53:03 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-361 In Massachusetts, becoming a major party does make it much harder to put your candidates on the ballot, and the state party pushed for major party status anyhow. As a result, it became much harder to put people on the ballot, and the number of candidates fell. We now have in Massachusetts a parallel libertarian organization Liberty for Massachusetts http://www.LibertyForMassachusetts.Org with somewhat different plans and objectives. In Massachusetts, becoming a major party does make it much harder to put your candidates on the ballot, and the state party pushed for major party status anyhow. As a result, it became much harder to put people on the ballot, and the number of candidates fell. We now have in Massachusetts a parallel libertarian organization Liberty for Massachusetts http://www.LibertyForMassachusetts.Org with somewhat different plans and objectives.

]]> by: Otto Kerner http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-359 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:12:37 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-359 No, I don't think that's a very accurate paraphrase of the what they said. If they need to "have our candidates get petition signatures", that implies that becoming a major party will make it more difficult for them to appear on the ballot. That's not true in most states, but if it is, in fact, true in Vermont, then you can see why they might not want to be a major party. Obviously, they would rather have 10% of the vote than 1%, but 4.9% is better than 5.1% if crossing that 5% threshold will hurt the party. When they refer to raids, they clearly mean that someone who is not interested in the Libertarian Party at all, perhaps the candidate of another party, might get himself nominated via the primary. It's hard to see why you think this is not a problem, since it would mean that the Libertarian Party itself would not have a candidate in the race at all. No, I don’t think that’s a very accurate paraphrase of the what they said. If they need to “have our candidates get petition signatures”, that implies that becoming a major party will make it more difficult for them to appear on the ballot. That’s not true in most states, but if it is, in fact, true in Vermont, then you can see why they might not want to be a major party. Obviously, they would rather have 10% of the vote than 1%, but 4.9% is better than 5.1% if crossing that 5% threshold will hurt the party. When they refer to raids, they clearly mean that someone who is not interested in the Libertarian Party at all, perhaps the candidate of another party, might get himself nominated via the primary. It’s hard to see why you think this is not a problem, since it would mean that the Libertarian Party itself would not have a candidate in the race at all.

]]> by: Austin Cassidy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-358 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:56:06 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-358 Chris: Looks great! I've been working on some other articles here and there. Once I finally get the message board of the ground I think it will make it easier to organize who's working on what, etc. Douglas: Exactly. ;) Chris: Looks great! I’ve been working on some other articles here and there. Once I finally get the message board of the ground I think it will make it easier to organize who’s working on what, etc.

Douglas: Exactly. ;)

]]> by: Douglas E. http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-356 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:30:28 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-356 Yeah, it's always a good thing for parties when they don't get many votes. I mean, what do they want to win elections or something? Sheesh. That would be difficult! Yeah, it’s always a good thing for parties when they don’t get many votes. I mean, what do they want to win elections or something? Sheesh. That would be difficult!

]]> by: Centrist Chris http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-355 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:53:48 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-355 Sorry, It's the Electoral History Section, not the Election Results Section. I will also get to work on starting the Green Party Page sometime soon. Sorry, It’s the Electoral History Section, not the Election Results Section. I will also get to work on starting the Green Party Page sometime soon.

]]> by: Centrist Chris http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-354 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:41:49 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/07/19/libertarians-success-is-good/#comment-354 I have updated the Election Results section of the Personal Choice Party page in the Encyclopedia. I have updated the Election Results section of the Personal Choice Party page in the Encyclopedia.

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