tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post3681011886987142258..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: The advantage that Bob Barr threw away: down-ticket LibertariansSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-86761213029481483112008-09-11T10:04:00.000-04:002008-09-11T10:04:00.000-04:00I've been watchign these campaigns for 20 years, a...I've been watchign these campaigns for 20 years, and down ticket libertarians almost always poll higher than the presidential candidate. The reason is the phenomena of 'throwing your vote away'. People don't care about down tickets and are willing to protest there. Also sometimes down ticket candidates only have 1 major party running, in which case the lp candidate really skyrockets to 25% or so.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is nothing new. Every 4 years, the LP explodes in and self destructs in an ego fest.<BR/><BR/>It happens in every party, not to criticise the LP. Democrats have their PUMA (project unity my ass), republicans had Ann Coulter who said McCain was so bad she'd have to endorse Clinton first.<BR/><BR/>But Libertarians are idealists and political neophytes for the most part who join and then get disulliosned and take all this to heart, instead of taking the long view, that this is the nature of the political beast.<BR/><BR/>Bob Barr is one of the best candidates we've had. Of course, smaller parties like the Constitution party, cannot make any headway in the general electorate, so they spend their entire campaign trying to poach LP support. OF COURSE...it was always this way, and its true for LP too, its why we spent our entire campaign trying to get Ron Paul voters. Its darn near impossible to get Joe6Pack to care about anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-19599479790358647272008-08-18T09:42:00.000-04:002008-08-18T09:42:00.000-04:00Bob Barr believes in only one thing: that Bob Bar...Bob Barr believes in only one thing: that Bob Barr should be in office somewhere instead of getting a real job.The Last Ephorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546829944086243794noreply@blogger.com