SocraticGadfly: More presidential briefs roundup

February 20, 2024

More presidential briefs roundup

Independent Political Report says a new "Liberal Party" is forming. It's some state parties from the old Libertarian Party, pre-Mises Mice takeover. Per the piece, and contra what the founder declares as their intent, since two of the four state parties forming the new one have the official Libertarian Party ballot access line in their states, I think it's dumb to pass on fielding a presidential candidate this year.

And, take a look if "Doh" has actually decided to comment there after all or not. His stated reasons are weaselly, but perhaps deliberate, as he knows George Phillies, Thomas Knapp and others are old-time Libertarians and will probably roast him if he does comment. (I've never seen either comment at Ballot Access News.) It's four days later and they have yet to respond.

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Genocide Joe can breathe a bit easier, as Yachtsman Joe announced last week he would not run for president. Will anybody run on the No Labels line? The party's head organizational cheese promises an announcement in a couple of weeks. Larry Hogan's been silent, until deciding to run for the Senate instead. The Fat Bastard of New Jersey has had his staff exonerated over Bridgegate and has made an occasional noise; would Christie jump in? His past Trump ties make him less than pristine. What about Liz Cheney?

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Cornel West has a new low in egocentric teh stupidz.

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The RFK Jr. campaign is imploding. And, given discussions late late year, how a strong Bob Jr. campaign would hurt Trump more than Biden, this means he can't relax very much.

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