Quoth Eric Dondero: > Still no word from the BTP on who they will be supporting for the > 2006 Elections? > > I've tried to get an answer, but will you all be backing John Wayne > Smith for Governor in Florida?
You've already had multiple answers. The BTP began organizing too late in this campaign season to get ballot access, as attested to by a petitioning expert (you). > What other campaigns will the BTP be working on? The BTP's organizational convention begins on August 19th. It is conceivable that convention, or the national committee elected at that convention, will endorse candidates who endorse the BTP's platform/program, and/or that BTP members will work on some campaigns, but I can't tell you one way or another since _that hasn't happened yet_. > Can't have a "political party" if you're not going to be active in > political campaigns. The whole purpose of a political party, as I'm > sure you know, is to elect its members to public office. Unless the bylaws are amended at the convention, the BTP will nominate a presidential ticket in 2008. Presumably BTP state affiliates will begin to organize once there's a committee in place to offer such affiliations, and will also seek ballot access and run candidates for congressional and state legislative seats. There might even be BTP candidates running in non-partisan local races beginning this winter. What the BTP can't do is buy a time machine and go back far enough in time to run candidates in this year's congressional elections. > You shouldn't use the term "party" in your name, if you are not > planning to back candidates. And you shouldn't use the term "libertarian" in your name, if you're planning to back candidates like Joe Lieberman. But what's your point? Tom Knapp 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/
