Libertarian could spell trouble for Mourdock | The Journal Gazette

Libertarian could spell trouble for Mourdock | The Journal Gazette - Brian Francisco:

November 3, 2012 - "Libertarian Andrew Horning channeled John Lennon at an Oct. 23 debate among candidates for a U.S. Senate seat from Indiana. 'People say I’m a dreamer. You know, I’m not the only one,' Horning said....

"Horning is dreaming if he thinks he has a chance to win election Tuesday.... Horning’s election history shows he is good for 2 percent to 4 percent of the vote.... If the race between Donnelly and Mourdock is as close as some polls and many pundits have suggested, the ultraconservative Horning could be the spoiler.

"'I think he could take quite a few votes from Mourdock,' said Ray Scheele, a political scientist at Ball State University.

Scheele called Horning 'a pretty good landing spot' for die-hard supporters of six-term Sen. Richard Lugar who are still bitter over Lugar’s loss to Mourdock in the Republican primary election but who can’t bring themselves to vote for a Democrat."

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Gary Johnson's Closing Statement in Ohio:"Vote for the Person You Believe In"

Gary Johnson's Closing Statement in Ohio: "Vote for the Person You Believe In" - Hit &; Run : Reason.com - Garrett Quinn:

November 3, 2012 - STREETSBORO, Ohio - Gary Johnson would like to win on Tuesday but if he’s not on top when all the votes are counted he doesn’t care who is....

"“Whichever candidate I make lose that would be terrific because that would open a debate and a discussion over the two parties and what really is the difference between the two: It’s not much., it’s really not much at all,' he said in an interview with reporters before going on stage.

"'I just want to make it clear: [I am] more liberal than Obama when it comes to civil liberties and more conservative than Romney when it comes to dollars and cents. That said, I don’t care what happens, I really don’t,' he said.

"Johnson has been under relentless attacks from conservatives for his candidacy because they claim his presence in the race will cost Mitt Romney the election. Comparisons have been made to Johnson’s run and Ralph Nader’s 2000 Green Party candidacy. Johnson doesn’t see it that way, arguing he takes equally from both candidates and in different states."

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Obama and Romney: Different or the same?

Obama and Romney: Different or the same?:

The case for voting for Obama or Romney rests on the belief that there are important differences between them. How valid is that belief?

by George Dance
(libertarian)
Wednesday, October 31, 2012"

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Obama faces stiff task to blunt Gary Johnson's challenge in Colorado

Obama faces stiff task to blunt Gary Johnson's challenge in Colorado | World news | guardian.co.uk - Rory Carroll::

November 1, 2012 - "Barack Obama is due to campaign in Boulder, Colorado on Thursday night to fire up this liberal bastion and try to snuff out a libertarian challenge.... The president hopes to shore up support in the swing state and neutralise Gary Johnson, who is running for president on the Libertarian party ticket, just days ... after the former New Mexico governor electrified students at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

"The maverick Johnson remains barely known to most ordinary Americans but is expected to take votes from Obama – and Mitt Romney – in Colorado on the back of enthusiasm for a separate vote on November 6 over whether to legalise marijuana.

"Hundreds packed a university auditorium to hear him speak on Monday night. Dozens who did not fit inside lined the corridors, ears straining to catch the words. All cheered and whooped Johnson's calls for social tolerance and a radically downsized government."

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Libertarian Marc Victor Targeted in Arizona Senate Race by Wealthy Super PAC

Libertarian Marc Victor, of All People, Targeted in Arizona Senate Race by Wealthy Super PAC - Phoenix New Times - News - Valley Fever - Matthew Hendley::

October 31, 2012 - "One of the biggest 'Super PACs' in the nation is focusing part of its cash on the U.S. Senate Race that will undoubtedly be won by Democrat Richard Carmona or Republican Jeff Flake. However, the Ending Spending Fund -- which has spent $9 million in races this year, the 10th-most of any Super PAC in the nation -- is targeting Libertarian candidate Marc Victor....

"'Every morning, Harry Reid wakes up, eats his breakfast, and says a little prayer that Libertarians will vote for Marc Victor,' the ad we found on Facebook says. 'Harry is desperate to keep the Senate. And, polling at less than 5%, he knows that a vote for Marc Victor is really a vote for Richard Carmona'....

Victor tells New Times. 'I'm just promoting freedom.... Jeff Flake is pretending to be a Libertarian, pretending to be for freedom and free markets.... He can't even come out against the drug war,' Victor continues. 'For me, that's the easiest thing to come out against.'

"Victor says it seems like Flake's campaign wanted him to withdraw from the race, and he would -- 'if it were in the interests of freedom. If Jeff Flake says he'll end the drug war, I'll withdraw.'"

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Montana PAC spends $500,000 on TV ad for Libertarian Dan Cox

Group sympathetic to Tester drops $500K on TV ad – for Libertarian - Mike Dennison, Billings Gazette":

October 26, 2012 - "HELENA - A hunters-and-anglers group sympathetic to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has spent $500,000 on a new TV ad in his Senate race — telling voters to support the Libertarian candidate, Dan Cox ... the third person in the high-profile Senate contest between Tester and U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg.

"The ad, which began airing this week, criticizes Rehberg for supporting a bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security expanded authority over federal lands within 100 miles of U.S. borders.

"Its closing frame then says: 'Vote Cox. The Real Conservative.'

"The ad is funded by the Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund, a political-action committee financed earlier this year by the League of Conservation Voters, a leading conservation and environmental group backing Tester."

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POTUS election may be in Gary Johnson's hands

Presidential Election May Be in Gary Johnson's Hands - HispanicBusiness.com - Hillary Chabot:

October 25, 2012 - "Gary Johnson's average 1-to-2 percent draw in New Hampshire polls could make him a spoiler for Mitt Romney in the neck-and-neck Granite State race -- but the Libertarian Party candidate sees himself as another Ralph Nader for President Obama in some key western swing states.

"'I hope I'm a spoiler for both of them,' the former New Mexico governor told the Herald. 'I do have a sense in New Hampshire and I do have a sense in many states that I could have an impact.'

"Recent polls show a razor-thin margin between the presidential candidates in New Hampshire,with a Rasmussen Poll on Tuesday showing Romney with a 2-point lead and 1 percent of voters going to other candidates like Johnson.

"'They should be worried,' said Suffolk University pollster David Paleologos of Romney and Obama. "If it's an even race or a 1-point race then it definitely matters and you've got the Nader effect.'"

Read more: http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/10/25/presidential_election_may_be_in_gary.htm
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