> Isn't it about time for people in our industry to admit they're libertarian and vote (and donate) that way? Yes! > If our industry started putting votes and

> Isn't it about time for people in our industry to admit they're libertarian and vote (and donate) that way? Yes! > If our industry started putting votes and money behind a third party No! For you to win in the general election with 3 parties, you'd need to muster at least a third of the vote. That's a lot of people! For you to win a primary of a major party, you would need to muster the vote of a fourth of the voting populace. Actually, it's even lower than that, since many don't affiliate themselves with a party and out of those, many don't vote in primaries. On top of that, you can end the primary early as long as you kill off your opponents in a few early states. So it's much easier to take over an existing party (like the GOP) than to create a third. On top of that, all those conservatives you don't like ... well, they'll vote for your guy now. Because they have a choice of two and they like your guy more. Ron Paul is doing it right. That's the only way a libertarian leaning pol will ever get close to the presidency.