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Libertarian Party Suits Up For 2016 Race


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libertarian-johnson-weld-struggleBreitbart:

The Libertarian Party is potentially a viable “third option” for millions of voters turned off by the presumptive Democrat and Republican nominees, partly because it has automatic ballot access in over 30 states and a proven record of getting on the ballot in other states.

 

But, alas, the Party is having something of an existential crisis.

 

At its convention this weekend, former Gov. Gary Johnson, Libertarian candidate for President in 2012, won the party’s nomination again, despite more than a dozen challengers.

 

Johnson, a successful businessman, was a popular two-term Republican governor of New Mexico. He emphasized this executive experience against more colorful challengers like software pioneer John MacAfee. Johnson has been a forceful advocate against the national drug war and has, in recent years, been on the business side of the country’s burgeoning marijuana industry. He is the leading, or acceptable, choice for president for most of the party’s regular activists.

 

One decision Johnson has made, however, threatens to rip the Party apart–his choice of a running mate. Johnson has thrown his support, and campaign apparatus, behind former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld.

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In other words...the Libertarians aren't going anywhere, again.


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