Sounds like you're sympathetic to the libertarian Republican strategy. You may wish to check out the libt. GOP movement at www.rlc.org or over at Yahoo Libertarian Republican group.
BTW, there are at least 20 hardcore libertarians serving in state legislatures around the country right now as Republicans, many affiliated directly with the Libertarian Party, in states such as Michigan (!!), California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Mass, NH and Alaska. --- In [email protected], "john_teschky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Scott is as Libertarian as you, Paul. > > He accomplished much running as a Republican. He stuck to his > Libertarian positions, yet still managed to earn the endorsement of > the local Republican party. If he continues his hard work, he could > very well be, eventually, the Ron Paul of Illinois. > > His switch to the GOP also played a big part in shaking the Illinois > LP out of it's dysfunction and begin it's move back towards effectiveness. > > Scott accomplished much for libertarianism in this area by running as > a Republican. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul" <ptireland@> wrote: > > > > Assuming he actually WAS a libertarian (which is almost never the case > > with people YOU describe as libertarians), he sold his soul in hopes > > of winning and he still lost. What did he accomplish by running as a > > Republican? NOTHING. > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > > > In case you guys hadn't heard yet, Libertarian Party member and > > > current Republican Scott Bludhorn lost his GOP primary race to the > > > incumbenet 54 to 46% in the Chicago suburbs. > > > > > > Though, Scott did increase his vote substantially from his 9% showing > > > as an LPer in 2004. > > > > > > Let's hope his runs again for the seat in the future. > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
