The LP convention is coming up quickly. On May 22-26th, delegates from each state shall be meeting to decide the future direction of the National Libertarian Party. On Saturday there will be a debate between "qualified" candidates and then the delegates shall select our Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominees.
At this time only three candidates have qualified for the debate! It would be a travesty if the debate only featured Root, Imperato, and Jingozian. Visit Liberty Decides, donate to your choice of candidate and ensure that there is a real debate. See Delegation FAQ #35 for explanation of "qualifying."
Also let us know who your favorite is by commenting in the forum and voting in our poll. Our delegates want to know how you feel.
UPDATE: I don't think the original striken out text is correct. It came from the Delegation FAQ #35, however the Chair's Manual page 15 states that qualification shall be based on collecting "signature tokens" from the delegates.
Six candidates for the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination debate at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, Mo, on April 5,2008. Moderator is Mike Ferguson.
On Friday Dr. Mary Ruwart announced that she will be seeking the Libertarian nomination for president. She joins a crowded field of candidates, many of which have been campaigning for the nomination for a long time.
The highlight of the convention was the LP Presidential Candidate debate. There were 9 candidates present. Most of them are pretty good. I'll leave it to the website viewer to decide which of candidate is worthy of our nomination. Click the Read More link to view the debate. When done be sure to vote in our poll.
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recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal explained why Barack Obama
is beating Hillary Clinton- the answer is, not surprisingly, SALES. The
article sums it up, "With no disagreement on policy, Democrats opt for
a top salesman…if you are selling a dream you need the best possible
salesman to make it seem somehow possible. They found him in Barack
Obama." If it is true that the Democrats have found their salesman
(unfortunately to sell a corrupt, damaging and dysfunctional liberal
tax and spend dream), then I believe that the Libertarian Party has a
once in a lifetime opportunity standing before them. You see I am not
just Barack's match as a salesman and communicator of a political
message. I am Barack Obama's college classmate. Yes, we are graduates
of the same college (Columbia University), same class (Class of '83),
same major (Political Science). We graduated on the same day 25 years
ago. Never before in the history of American politics have two college
classmates run against each other for President. Talent aside,
sometimes you just need a bit of luck. Never in my wildest dreams could
I have imagined running for President in the same election as my
college classmate.