tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14571664.post5819048694298222277..comments2023-10-17T08:38:40.413-07:00Comments on Cleveland Okie: Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14571664.post-67156321762999166042008-11-29T07:41:00.000-08:002008-11-29T07:41:00.000-08:00Any talk of presidential race strategy or tactics ...Any talk of presidential race strategy or tactics is just so much logorrhea until the LP can settle on an unambiguous and specific mission statement.<BR/><BR/>As I see it, the LP mission statement while never articulated is understood to be.<BR/><BR/>"Maintain existence as an organization called the Libertarian Party and attract as many self identified libertarians as possible to be members and donors."<BR/><BR/>The strategy since 1974 has been to appeal to as wide a variety of "libertarians" while carefully avoiding alienating any faction.<BR/><BR/>The manifestation of this strategy is to answer "yes" to all questions.<BR/><BR/>Should we run a presidential campaign? Yes<BR/>Should we run federal candidates? Yes<BR/>Should we run Statewide candidates? Yes<BR/>Should we run local candidates? Yes<BR/><BR/>The real answer sometimes is "no".<BR/>Can we do all these things effectively? No.<BR/><BR/>Dow we have a model for electoral success? No.<BR/><BR/>Do we have a model for political success AFTER election. No.John Famularohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14735213592045609772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14571664.post-84741070064969929802008-11-28T05:46:00.000-08:002008-11-28T05:46:00.000-08:00Honestly, I think Libertarains should not pour lim...Honestly, I think Libertarains should not pour limited resources into a Libertarian Presidential race. But concentrate on a few races nationally which either have a strong potential to win or are necessary to maintaining ballot status. Running a presidential candidate as a paper candidate. And locate individual Munger type candidates in various state races. It is more important to break through on a partisan race than to run another 3% presidential loss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257427883948664462noreply@blogger.com