Comments on: Libertarian Party HQ staff reports distributed at LNC meeting in San Diego

By: paulie cannoli

paulie cannoli — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:02:57 +0000

Iâ€™d like to see more information about outreach to antiwar constituencies, not just the current emphasis on economic conservatism.

+1.

This is of interest to me here:

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/12/cindy-sheehan-on-how-the-anti-republican-war-movement-is-destroying-the-peace-movement/

I think there will be a huge opening in the peace movement as the “Anti-Republican-War” movement scampers for the exits. If Libertarians take their place, I believe it will do us a world of good in the long run.

The same can be said of movements for social tolerance.

By: hogarth

hogarth — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:51:29 +0000

Does the information about Austin Petersen’s gold mine investment / book project mean that he is conducting this business on staff time, or is he just keeping us up-to-date on his hobbies?

I’d like to see more information about outreach to antiwar constituencies, not just the current emphasis on economic conservatism.

By: Jeff Wartman

Jeff Wartman — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:33:43 +0000

The assertion that George Phillies was a stand-in candidate on the NH petition form is not true. George was not the stand-in, he was elected by NH state convention to be the NHLP nominee. NH law is clear in that they do not allow substitution, so any petitioning for the candidate who wins the nomination at the national conventuion would have to wait until after the convention, so the right name could be on the ballot. This caused the LP to miss the ballot in NH in 2004, and wanting to avoid that again, NH decided to run their own candidate and start petitioning right away. George was never a “stand-in” for NH.

Now, it should also be noted that NH could have waiting until after the convention. The petitioning for Barr didn’t start until after the NatCon and Barr was able to get on the ballot.

By: VirtualGalt

VirtualGalt — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:01:27 +0000

Excellent and very interesting. I guess an observation would be, in Maine (for example) it looks like we’d need 27,000 signatures to officially become a party, but only 4000 to get on the Pres ballot. Shouldn’t the focus be on consistently getting the 4000 before going for more?

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:50:37 +0000

Nice work.