----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This could throw the race and the entire House to the Democrats. Brillant move actually. I gotta admire their cleverness here. Just think if the Libertarian Party were to do the exact same thing in a couple key races for the GOP in these last few days. There's precedent for this. In South Dakota, the LP candidate dropped out 3 days before the election and backed Republican John Thune for US Senate a few years back. The LP could get a HUGE AMOUNT of national media. And the GOP should do exactly the same thing in TX CD-22 for Libertarian Bob Smither. Axe Hyphen Lady and go with Bob!! ****** Personally, I think it was all a set up. I don't believe the Green candidate ever intended to stay in the race. It still makes for great theater, though. For the LP, however, a rerun is unlikely to take place. The LP got burned in the Thune race, and our credibility hasn't rebounded. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fact is, the LP is highly unlikely to run a candidate in a race where the republican is remotely acceptable. Such as against Ron Paul or Leon Drolet. In 2000 (the last time the LP was allowed on the ballot in Ohio), I had misgivings about running a candidate for our county commissioner against a republican that had a great state house record, had spoken at FCLP meetings and was a supporter of CATO. That was Bill Schuck running against former Communist Workers Party member Mary Jo Kilroy running as a democrat. Bill ran an abysmal campaign that focused on big government republican programs and he got 47% to Mary Jo's 48%. When republicans run as faux democrats, voters will pick the real thing every time. FWIW, today Mary Jo is poised to beat Deb Pryce for Congress. Deb has undoubtedly the worst republican record in the House, and had listed the disgraced Mark Foley as her best friend in an interview just before the scandal broke! My own hope is that the republicans lose their majority by exactly *one* House seat. Then the LP could point to TX-22 as the reason why. THAT would be huge! PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
