Lee Wrights is considering running for President.
The Exploratory Committee of the Lee Wrights for President exploratory effort has moved to its first organizational phase. Campaign officers include
Thomas Hill – Campaign Manager/Chair of
Exploratory Committee
Brian Irving – Press Secretary
Robert Butler – Treasurer
Julie Fox – Assistant Treasurer
Sean Haugh – Campaign Coordinator
Zack Smith – Campus Coordinator
Norman Horn – Web MasterLee plans on an automobile and Motel Six Campaign, not a penthouse suite hotel, limousine, and caviar campaign.
The Wrights Exploratory Committee emphasizes that all staff members are unpaid volunteers. Until recently, Thomas Hill was a member of the North Carolina LP State Committee. Irving is a North Caroline Libertarian journalist and blogger. Robert Butler had until recently been State Executive Director of the Texas Party, a post he has just now resigned [Note: he is now actively recruiting candidates with the organization Texas Libertarios]. Julie Fox is a former LNC Member, recent candidate for State Office in Illinois, and is a CPA. Sean Haugh had previously served on the LNC staff.
Zack Smith is founder and Executive Director of the Young Libertarians of Texas, a group centered near Dallas, Texas. Norman Horn is the primary content provider for LibertarianChristians dot com.
Wrights plans to focus his campaign exploration on meeting as many Libertarians as possible, largely by visiting state conventions. Early appearances next year might perhaps include California, the New Hampshire Liberty Association annual event, or the Seattle Libertarian State Chairs meeting, depending on which weekends to not overlap. His campaign style is planned as car and Motel Six, not limousine and penthouse suites.
The Wrights campaign emphasizes that they are currently in the legal exploratory phase, testing the waters to see if they should advance to a full Presidential campaign.
Wrights, founder of the online magazine Liberty for All and former vice-chair of the national party, had already formed the exploratory committee in July of this year; however, these are the first inklings of activity outside of the blogosphere. The prospective candidate is also a member of the national Libertarian Party’s Judicial Committee.
We also recently reported that Wayne Allyn Root is still undecided on if he will run for President in 2012. Libertarian activists Jim Burns and Joy Waymire, who will receive attention in other articles here at IPR, also plan to run for President. Michael Jingozian, another former vice-chair of the party, also indicated a willingness to run for the nomination in 2012.
Nevertheless, Libertarian politics is famously fluid and volatile. In 2008, neither of the top two candidates were running a year before the national convention [Mary Ruwart and Bob Barr].
Representative Ron Paul and former Governor Gary Johnson are both considering runs for President as Republicans. Despite recent donations to the Texas Republican Party and his continued affiliation with that party in Congress, Paul still considers himself a Libertarian. The representative ran for President in 1988 on that party’s ballot line and is still a lifetime member of the Libertarian party.
Rumors and draft efforts abounded to convince Johnson to run as a Libertarian in both 2000 and 2004; while he did address the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin state convention in 2002, he remains firmly Republican according to recent interviews. It appears that both Paul and Johnson voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2008.
Robert,
I am a registered Republican. Politically I am a paleo-con with some libertarian leanings. I did vote for Chuck Baldwin in 2008 but I have also voted for Libertarian candidates like CA governor candidate Dale Ogden in 2010.
Milnes, you don’t need money for a campaign website.
You can begin by opening a blog at http://www.blogger.com
It’s FREE.
It only take a minimal amount of effort.
Hey – I’m also running for the LP nomination, and I demand to be taken seriously. Do I lack the funds and/or connections to competently campaign? Sure. Are my views considered crazy? Yes, but who cares?
The point is, I’m at least more serious than Milnes because I wander the great city of Chicago on a daily basis letting everyone know of my candidacy, because everyone else is a damn counter-revolutionary. And because I
ask them for hamburger money.
P.S. I don’t need legal help or a female VP.
Thanks Timothy for posting the link. Also, I did discover that Dr. Paul still actively claims his LP membership (from his endorsement of Chuck Baldwin), endorsing the concept of fusion. I will edit the article to reflect it.
@16, thanks for the link.
CP=counterrevolutionaries.
TimothyYung,do you know that or are you just a c-r fool?
Here is what I need now: campaign assistance, manager, webmaster, media,etc.
Legal assistance/button on robertmilnes.net.
Solar panels.
Libertarian woman vp.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/08/09/washington-wire-q-a-gary-johnson/
Gary Johnson states he voted Chuck Baldwin. If Ron Paul is not available in 2012 I am supporting Gary Johnson.
@11, “And I have not seen any serious gestures from Milnes.”
Milnes is doing as best he can under very difficult circumstances.
I thought receiving the too little too late inheritance would quickly change things for me. But no, it is nice but I have become so depressed & surrounded by so many problems, it is going to take at least more time than I though to struggle out of this mess I’m in.
Hopefully I will get a new campaign website up. Hopefully I will get some support soon.
Sean Haugh = FUCK TARD
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Give me back my banana you goddam fucktard!
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3. An idiot. A moron to the hightest degree of being a moron.
The kid who defined \m/ (><) \m/ is a fucktard
4. Someone you cannot fucking believe is not retarded.
5. Idiotic, Someone who's a complete and utter moron beyond a reason of a doubt.
Your such a fuck tard!
retard idiot moron jack ass dick smack
6. a retarded waste of sperm, humanity and air. a simp. a useless douche of the highest degree.
jon is a nimble minded fuck tard
retard nimrod jerkoff fuckhead douche
7. A pair of Leotards with a hole in the crotch.
“Sean Haugh – Campaign Coordinator”
LOL!!! This clown got fired from being the Political Director for the Libertarian Party and then he got fired from being the Executive Director of Free and Equal. I think that this campaign would have a hard time finding a more incompetent asshole (except maybe for the candidate himself).
What a freaking joke! LOL!!!
Gary Johnson did say he voted for Chuck Baldwin in a recent WSJ interview.
That’s surprising. If it’s posted online and you have a link, I would be interested in reading that.
@7/8, Gary Johnson did say he voted for Chuck Baldwin in a recent WSJ interview. I said ‘appears’ because Ron Paul lives in Texas. It is hard to say if Paul did write-in Baldwin, but I am sure he is familiar with the concept of a write-in. I would assume he did end up writing in Baldwin, but without a clear statement it is difficult to say.
@5, I said former as he isn’t actively contributed funds in years and years to the party. Yes, he may technically still be part of the party and have connections to some of its figures. But when he is contributing funds to bail out the Republican Party of Texas as he did earlier this year,and is not giving anything to the LP, then his status as a lifetime member is really a footnote more than a serious sign of affiliation.
I did forget about Burns. Waymire I did not hear about; looking at her campaign page she has a lot of work to do. I didn’t include Jingozian because he has not mentioneed a presidential bid since the incident you mentioned. And I have not seen any serious gestures from Milnes.
@2 not sure what happened there. All I can say it was 2:00 AM or something.
@8
TIn 2008, The USA Parliament, Inc. had the tool in place for MP Ron Paul [Republican] to work as a team of 100. As elected president he was, and still is, the initial contact for a ruling coalition.
And our friend Prime Minister Ralph Hoffmann [Democratic-Republican] is friends with many people, including MP Dennis Kucinich [Democratic].
The break down that MP Bob Barr [Libertarian] experienced with MP Ron Paul [Republican] last 2008 presidential campaign, was the same break down everyone experiences when they don’t have the free parliamentary tool such as the Sainte-Lague parliament seats distribution system.
Without pure PR, you’ll experience severe political dysfunctions. The USA Parliament, Inc. on the other hand doesn’t experience such dysfunctions among our 100 voting members.
That happens outside of our voting system, as far as I can tell.
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Short of a Penny/Cuban-type ticket, Jingozian would be someone I’d encourage to run. I see him as a Rodney King/John Mackey L.
Based on what I can tell of his business and background, he knows how to market.
“It appears that both Paul and Johnson voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2008.”
Ron Paul is registered to vote in Texas. Chuck Baldwin did not make the ballot in Texas. Ron Paul did end up endorsing Chuck Baldwin, but the only way that Ron could have voted for him would have been if he cast a write in vote.
It appears that both Paul and Johnson voted for Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin in 2008.
I have never seen anything about Johnson supporting Baldwin.
In 2008, neither of the top two candidates were running a year before the national convention [Mary Ruwart and Bob Barr]
As far as I know, neither seriously considered it before February 2008. The story I heard is that the across the board poor performance by all the candidates at the February 2008 LSLA debate in Las Vegas caused supporters to urge Ruwart and Barr to enter the race.
No other candidates have yet announced campaigns
Off the top of my head: James Libertarian Burns, Robert Milnes, Joy Waymire, and possibly Michael Jingozian (indicated he would run again immediately after 2008 race, but I know of no mention of it since then). Granted, Root and Wrights are somewhat more prominent.
There was a Keaton/Shinghal ticket announced early on, but I don’t think they were serious, and even if they were, I doubt that’s happening anymore.
Two former dues-paying Libertarians, Representative Ron Paul and former Governor Gary Johnson
Ron Paul is a life member of the LP, thus not a “former” dues payer. Whether he would renew his dues if they were not lifetime, I don’t know. As far as I know, he hasn’t renounced his membership oath, which means he is current.
For 99.9% of the population . .
“who” is he?
He’s exploring LP members reaction to….what?
What’s his vision for how his campaign will better reach, educate and cause voters to vote Libertarian? I think we need more substance:
what does Wrights want to accomplish, do we agree with his goals and strategy, and – if we do – is he the right man or woman to best achieve them?
The summary at Gold America Group says this:
“Lee plans on an automobile and Motel Six Campaign, not a penthouse suite hotel, limousine, and caviar campaign.”
This article says this:
“His campaign style is planned as car and Motel Six, not limousine and penthouse suites.”
Why the change? Does this open the possibility that Wrights likes caviar? 😉
Barr is famous for his Starbucks addiction. Will Wrights only buy his coffee at 7/11 and Circle K?
It’s an interesting question of whether a car/Motel 6 campaign would be more effective than a hotel/car service from the airport. It might mean that, all else equal, Wrights will spend most of his time on the trail driving vs. actual campaigning.
I’d like to know the reasoning behind this approach. If, say, Mark Cuban is his running mate, would Wrights need to stick to driving through the corn fields, prairies, deserts, and piedmont?
So that makes Paul & Johnson de facto counterrevolutionaries.