For English readers, that’s Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats The follow was written three election cycles ago. I’ve made a few updating notes, in square brackets.Please link widely to this article. A Simple Summary: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats Business plans sensibly start with a serious look at the situation. Where are we? What do we do well? What’s stopping us from succeeding? Where do…
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What a third party needs to advance. Many of you will Recognize Richard Viguerrie as the grand master of direct mail, someone who did much to shape American politics in decades past. He now has a newsletter “The Paul Revere Lantern” and new book Go Big (not on Amazon, on his gobigconservatives web site). Buried in much messaging about what…
The following letter was sent to the Libertarian Party Discussion Group by PA activist Steve Scheetz. He reports: My message was deleted and I was blocked within 30 seconds. 10/25/2022Dear Chair McArdle: I am both disturbed and disgusted to receive this mailing asking for money for Ballot Access when you removed Jennifer Moore, the most effective player on that committee.…
Are you a third party candidate? Are you dismayed that issues polling is beyond your budget? Do not lose hope. The two larger parties and their supporters do issues polling, and publish their results. For tons of thoughtful graphs showing what issues really concern the electorate:https://democracycorps.com/national-surveys/democrats-must-still-close-on-the-cost-of-living/ You will have to think to see how questions oriented toward them can…
Editors: Have you looked @ lp.org recently? I looked at it yesterday, and it included a repost of a column by Ron Paul on the Italian elections, which seemed to welcome the victory of the nationalist coalition headed by the woman who has not hesitated to praise Mussolini. It also reposts a column by someone else celebrating the 11 Republicans…
Through a vigorous 50-state effort and a well-planned and financed campaign, the Mises Caucus and its supporters have taken near-complete control of the Libertarian National Committee and its Judicial Committee. They did this by the expedience of calling on their supporters to appear at state convention after state convention, elect a new set of officers and a set of national…
We quote from the LNC’s public business page: On Sep 23, 2022, 5:15:51 PM (yesterday) Andrew Watkins | Region 5 Rep. wrote: “The LPVA website is back online! Several members are still diligently working to plan a special convention and fixing other immediate issues, but things are going along steadily. A statement lives on the landing page for anyone interested…
There are occasional references to the vast expense and difficulty of launching a new party, references backstopped by the tens of millions of dollars Mayor Bloomberg of New York reportedly spent for a project that succeeded and then was cancelled. It should be understood that these claims refer to a specific project based on an idee fixe of the Libertarian…
This is the post and thread for discussing the LPVA Board decision to dissolve the organization and return dues owed to the members. The post is on Third Party Watch because some discussion is expected to be heated.
@LPNational forwarded the following disgraceful image. The gentleman in the photograph is President Zelensky of Ukraine, the image having been edited to make him resemble the late German dictator. The Libertarian National Party has now been denounced internationally, starting with a tweet on Euromaidan. The disgraceful tweet: