I feel the final Presidential numbers says it all, it proves Libertarian are ineffective in getting their message out to the voters especially with significant dissatisfaction with incumbent candidates especially among the conservative Republican base . More telling was here in the First Congressional District where the resignation of Joel Haugen as the republican candidate over the loss of any obligation to support by GOP because of his public camping for Obama left a huge opportunity for Libertarians to capture republican votes as an alternative.
This opportunity as well as in 2006 by the flame out of Derik Kitts campaign, was left untaken. The problem is Libertarian is a party of pragmatism than principals. Its members are a hodgepodge of conflicting constituencies from anarchist, anti- cooperate socialist, dug users and economic conservative that would spend more time arguing with them selves than govern.. Even today Libertarians are trying to ride the coattails of the Democrat victory than look how to with in the future.
Libertarians it is time for you to turnoff the lights and call it a day.
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Barack Obama |
63,948,169 |
52.43% |
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John McCain |
56,441,529 |
46.28% |
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Ralph Nader |
659,400 |
0.54% |
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Bob Barr |
490,073 |
0.40% |
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Alan Keyes |
35,108 |
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