And it’s your job as Libertaraians to make sure that this will happen by stirring up the political forums, as you’ve always done.

Please tell us all why you folks can’t come up with a viable candidate? Is it because your party, all ten of you, is so disorganized that you can’t find another you can agree with more than 20% of the time.
Republican Lite – I must agree.

However, 50 years from now, both he and Bush will be worshipped as “great men” by the statist historians, like Truman and LBJ are now.

the fact is Obama will preside over a horrible economy. I think the market has a lot further to drop…retirement savings wiped out, etc.

But as Franklin Roosevelt, whose policies probably did nothing but extend the misery of the great depression for a decade, was neverthless remembered as a ‘good president’…thats a tough call, whether he presides over a country that shrinks its economy, expands its debts, loses its influence in the world…but nevertheless overcomes the bad facts to be remembered as a kind of compassionate president…thats a whole ‘nother ball of wax.

It’s yet to be seen whether Obama will be worse than Bush, very likely he will be worse.

I agree with G.E. McCain would almost certianly be worse than both Obama and Bush.

McCain was not intelligent, like Bush, he was average in intelligence. But McCain, on top of that was a hothead. On top of that, he didn’t believe in anything particular… why he was one of the most dangerous presidents we would have ever had.

Obama, is cool in demeaner. Thats good, its better than being a hot head. Obama is smart, also good.

However we do not have a president that has our historical concept of civil liberties or the role of government. There is zero chance he will move the country in that direction.

He likes Green technology. Well the economy will develop products as it has already been doing, that meet market needs. He will likely invest vast sums of money at the direction of beauracrats, that will invitably be invested in the wrong place…that is the governments track record of dalliance into private enterprise…to base it not on market demand, but on decisions of beauracrats whose political alliegances and constistutent needs will overrule market demands.

Still all that will be a side show, a phenomenal waste of money…but the market will still implement Green technology, because its something that makes market sense, and Obama will be free to take credit for it.

The main thing I hope for Obama, is that he doesn’t get us involved in Somalia or other foreign wars…but who knows. Bush was mr. ‘no nation building’ during the campaign…we’ll see what happens.

It is time for Obama and Democrats to follow through with earlier promises

Err. That *was* his earlier promise.

Regardless, the LP could act as a force to push Obama in the right direction rather than just being divisive and glorifying themselves for no reason.

They could focus on the fact that there is a chance he might reduce the power of the presidency or restore some civil rights.”

I’ll believe this when it happens.

“There’s also the fact that he called for a 16 month withdrawal from Iraq, which is an improvement over Bush.”

Yes, and when he was running for President, George W. Bush claimed that he was a “strict constructionist” of the Constitution and that he did not favor any nation building.

Obama, like any politician, can say anything, but this often times has little connection to what
they actually do.

“Overall, that’s the bottom line – he’s an improvement over Bush.”

I see no evidence that he is an improvement over Bush. Obama seems like another big government politician to me.

There’s no reason why they have to be so divisive, even if they are calling Obama out on not being as “pure” as his supporters often believe he is.

The national LP continues to show its stupidity by acting like Republican lite and being nothing but negative about Obama’s election.”

Why should anyone who is any kind of libertarian be positive about Obama’s election? I see no reason to celebrate.