If all or close to the 400 are full campaigns then onward and forward full speed ahead. If not, then the number doesn’t mean much, because quality matters as much as quantity.

Frankly, if TX was in top-two peril like CA is, then the quantity has more meaning. Without that, not so much.

Jeff Daiel: http://www.jeffdaiell.com/
Kenneth Griffin: http://www.youtube.com/user/TexasGov2010
Steve Nichols: http://www.stevenichols.com/Governor/

Maybe all 400 candidates should wear large white cowboy hats, refer to voters as “my little buddies”, and promise “tax cuts as big as Texas”.

A majority of Americans agreed with President Obama in 2008, that the interests of the community are more important than are the interests of the individual. As a result, a new union organizing movement has begun, creating the Community Voters Union (CVU).
Using the popular Card Check Program, community organizers forming the CVU will bring voters into a union, simplifying their community life. When 1% of people in a region sign the CVU card checks given them at shopping malls, places of employment as well as door-to-door, the CVU will officially form. They will be responsible for voting the interests of the community. Voters need never go to the polls again. Union leaders voting the community’s interests block big-money right wing attempts to sway voters. Dues from each voter will pay the costs of this welcomed voter service. The Community Union Councils gather periodically to decide who will hold elected offices as well as new legislation and enforcement procedures. The voters in community will never again have to worry about making those choices. The President encourages voters to take advantage of the CVU so the voting process is more orderly and predictable. Because of his enormous popularity, people are rushing to obtain voting cards to sign up. CVU will usher into American Politics a glorious new day of certainty and peace in voting. Right-wing extremist critics claim the first card checks will have only names from the graveyards to establish CVU supremacy. They claim CVU is patterned after the USSR soviets, regional community voting blocs that transmit community interests to one central presidium or parliament. They are partially correct, in that the American Congress will be changed to a parliament and the Constitution set aside as a historical document only. However, only community interests are important, which assigns to the CVU the control over what was once called “private property” and bank accounts in each of the regions they control. This will assure Americans that the wealth will be spread around, as the President was so well credited in his campaign. There will no longer be term limits assigned to the office of President, only that he receives a periodic vote of confidence from the CVU. Succession falls to the choice of the President when the need arises. This, most Americans agree, is how an orderly government works. For thousands of years, orderly government rested with a sovereign, a chief of state, where family members were trained to take the reins when the need arose, so we can look to having one of Obama’s daughters rise to that leadership position.

Still, I’d ask the Triple As whether their worldview is one that is likely to play in the public square. If not, perhaps they should focus their efforts on more theory-oriented audiences….

And should IPR want those, I will provide them to the IPR guys first before any print publication. Full disclosure: I’m attending this gathering as a reporter/editor.

It just so happens that the newspaper in DFW that I and my SLEC co-worker write for is the only conservative/liberty-friendly paper in the state.

Also, notorious candidates holding outrageous positions could tend to stigmatize the rest of the line.

Still, I applaud TX’s effort to gain attention and support. I hope that if this experiment doesn’t work out too well, the hyper-critics don’t savage the TX leadership.

TX Ls are often constitutionalists/federalists, a view that often draws the bilious ire of our hyper-critic brothers and sisters. Up to 400 targets may be prove to be irresistible for knee-jerk complainers.

It is essential that state LP’s run as close to a full slate of candidates as possible. Running a full slate of candidates builds legitimacy, and also allows the party to run both “educational” campaigns and competitive campaigns.

By running a full slate, our limited financial resources can be allocated to winnable races without sacrificing the opportunity to spread the more philosophical message of liberty.

These next two election cycles represent an historic opportunity to get Libertarians and other Independent candidates elected.

That’s right, I said ELECTED.

The public sentiment is there, we just need to learn to market our message!

It’s now or never people. Let’s get to work!