To the best of my recollection, there are no LNC members donating to any of our Presidential campaigns. At least some are supporting the campaigns of other parties. Tom Knapp may be able to chime in on the Kubby campaign.

Under these circumstances, it is impossible to have coordination between the Presidential campaign and the National party. Now, some classes of coordination are not possible anyhow, if you want the national committee to be making uncoordinated campaign expenses. However, there are things that under other circumstances have been coordinated, for example relating to donor and contact lists, but I expect most candidates are unwilling to put out donor lists where they may wend their way to a Republican candidate. There is a serious problem when part of your own party’s governing board is known to be disloyal to the party they propose to govern.

Of course, after Memorial Day we will have a new LNC, so perhaps the matter will have been fixed.

You are correct. I was pretty mean to Timothy West here. Probably went over the top.

Timothy West had some good things to say about Ron Paul. I appreciate and support Ron Paul myself:

http://wesbenedictforlnc.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-600-says-ron-paul-presidential.html

People like Sean Haugh are now asking me to resign from the LNC due to my support for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary even though I certainly expect to support whomever the Libertarian Party nomination for president ends up being.

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=724#comments

I’ve read on this blog that Timothy West and Carl Milsted are both supporters of Ron Paul.

Timothy and Carl, perhaps we should get together and develop a strategy for reforming the Libertarian Party.

Can’t we all get along?

I am not filthy. I take at least one shower a day, AND I use soap.

Wes – I don’t know you and I’m glad I don’t. Your post berating Tim
was mean and destructive.

Ralph – your bullet points try to prove that there is some insidious
hidden cabal that is out to destroy the LP. Not so. It is destroying
itself from within.

And to all who think the word libertarian has a net positive connotation
in the minds of the American electorate – you need to stop taking
those hallucinogenic drugs and return to reality.

I dont think anyone really got what they wanted with the platform. I do think that most delegates decided it was time for a housecleaning and that the platform had grown to be a mess after having plank after plank tacked onto it over the years.

Wes,

since I’m no longer a libertarian, (as in registered or party member) whats the point?
I’m only still here because , as in the beginning, I find the LP a fascinating paradox.