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Romney Considering Libertarian Endorsement

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Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
 
Oh, whatever. He's no libertarian.
 
Josie said:
Oh, whatever. He's no libertarian.
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He's not, but considering the two top of the ticket options it makes some sense Johnson is closest to Romney. Plus he and Weld are close. And a media cycle focusing on Romney's endorsement could get Johnson up closer to the 15% cutoff for the Debates.
 
Republicans have to stop thinking they are welcome in the libertarian party. The libertarian party is not an alternative for you and we don't want you beliefs corrupting the libertarian party. Go away.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
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I've already lost what little respect I've had for Mitt Romney, but for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld there's a lot of capital I could lose. I don't have a problem with Mitt Romney endorsing libertarians. I have a problem with libertarians courting Mitt Romney.
 
Anagram said:
He's not, but considering the two top of the ticket options it makes some sense Johnson is closest to Romney. Plus he and Weld are close. And a media cycle focusing on Romney's endorsement could get Johnson up closer to the 15% cutoff for the Debates.
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I'd respect Johnson a lot more if he were courting Republicans and Democrats since there are dissatisfied individuals in both camps. However from what I've seen he's putting a lot of effort into courting Republicans only and that makes me think he's not really serious about doing all he can do and is instead focused on helping Hillary.
 
reinoe said:
I'd respect Johnson a lot more if he were courting Republicans and Democrats since there are dissatisfied individuals in both camps. However from what I've seen he's putting a lot of effort into courting Republicans only and that makes me think he's not really serious about doing all he can do and is instead focused on helping Hillary.
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I've seen him throw out some statements trying to get disaffected Sanders supporters, but he has been more focused on generating endorsements from disaffected Republicans. But then again, I guess the Democratic office holders and power brokers have almost unanimously lined up behind Clinton while there are still a ton of semi-prominent Republicans like Romney, Jeb Bush, and the Kochs who are still on the sideline.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
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Romney, Romney, where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah, whiney and incompetent loser guy. If he did he wouldn't have any impact on anything other than to verify one more time that he is a . He is still a whiney and incompetent loser
 
ModerateGOP said:
Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
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The fact that one of the biggest pieces of **** RINOs endorses Johnson shows that Johnson isn't the man he claims to be. Romney enacted anti-2nd amendment laws that Obama has major wet dreams at about passing.Romney came up with the predecesor to Obama-care,supported cap and trade and many other liberal issues. Johnson should tell Romney to shove his endorsement up his ass.
 
It's so pathetic the lengths some people - Romney - will go to to remain relevant.

If it garners some good press for Johnson/Weld and gets them to 15% for the debates that's probably a good thing. I qualify it because Johnson does not strike me a good public speaker - I thought he did terribly in the townhall I saw him on on CNN. Weld is far better and could hold his own against Trump or Clinton. I'm afraid both would eat Johnson's lunch.
 
NonoBadDog said:
Romney, Romney, where have I heard that name before? Oh yeah, whiney and incompetent loser guy. If he did he wouldn't have any impact on anything other than to verify one more time that he is a . He is still a whiney and incompetent loser
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You forgot to mention that he stands for nothing and is a horrible liar.
 
If Romney is a libertarian, then I'm a one eyed, one horned purple people eater.
 
KevinKohler said:
If Romney is a libertarian, then I'm a one eyed, one horned purple people eater.
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This election creates strange bedfellows. He's not particularly close on policy to Johnson, but there are several areas, trade being the major one, where he's closer to him than Trump. It could make sense as endorsing the candidate closer to him.
 
If Romney made a libertarian endorsement, it would be for the good of the country, not because he wanted to make the Libertarian Party into a viable 3rd party. Romney knows that Trump would be a disaster for the country and the Republican Party should he be elected. The Libertarian Party will never be a viable third party, but it can be a spoiler for the Republicans in 2016.
 
reinoe said:
I've already lost what little respect I've had for Mitt Romney, but for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld there's a lot of capital I could lose. I don't have a problem with Mitt Romney endorsing libertarians. I have a problem with libertarians courting Mitt Romney.
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Yeah, but at the same accord, if they can get some high profile politicians to endorse them they can get greater exposure, which is what is necessary to compete. I'm not sure how many Dems could be courted, most of them are lock, stock behind Hillary and Party rule. But I think there's enough disenfranchised GOPers out there that can't stand Trump and who may be able to be courted to endorse Johnson. So I think that he should likely seek these endorsements and that they're primarily going to come from the GOP side.
 
Anagram said:
But then again, I guess the Democratic office holders and power brokers have almost unanimously lined up behind Clinton while there are still a ton of semi-prominent Republicans like Romney, Jeb Bush, and the Kochs who are still on the sideline.
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It isn't that. For most people, economic issues are the primary important issues for them. Economically, libertarians are even further from democrats than republicans are.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
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This would make sense for Romney because I've always thought of him as a form of Canadian conservative, as outlined in my footer below. It's why I thought he would have been an excellent President.
 
Redress said:
It isn't that. For most people, economic issues are the primary important issues for them. Economically, libertarians are even further from democrats than republicans are.
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That's true too. There are some socially liberal, anti-protectionist Democrats though that I think Johnson could've tried to pull.
 
Anagram said:
He's not, but considering the two top of the ticket options it makes some sense Johnson is closest to Romney. Plus he and Weld are close. And a media cycle focusing on Romney's endorsement could get Johnson up closer to the 15% cutoff for the Debates.
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Johnson should be in the debates, for no other reason than to have another voice at the table, another view, to challenge the two main candidates in the worst general election, arguably in history.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Well, color me surprised. This would be the biggest backing the Libertarian ticket has ever received in my lifetime. Romney has been tearing off from the Republican Party and now he is looking for something new. If Romney really wants to, he could transform the Libertarian Party into a practical third party option rather than just wishful thinking.

Gary Johnson and Bill Weld: Yes, we?ve spoken to Mitt Romney and he?s considering an endorsement « Hot Air

Libertarian ticket Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney is weighing endorsing them - CNNPolitics.com
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Romney couldn't transform **** into slightly better tasting ****. Captain Underpants is desperately seeking relevancy. An impossible task for a veteran loser.
 
Ikari said:
Yeah, but at the same accord, if they can get some high profile politicians to endorse them they can get greater exposure, which is what is necessary to compete. I'm not sure how many Dems could be courted, most of them are lock, stock behind Hillary and Party rule. But I think there's enough disenfranchised GOPers out there that can't stand Trump and who may be able to be courted to endorse Johnson. So I think that he should likely seek these endorsements and that they're primarily going to come from the GOP side.
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Most of my family are Republican and those who care enough to vote in this election will be voting for Johnson. These are people who voted for Romney, McCain, Bush, Bush, and Reagan and beyond. Hard-line ticket Republicans. My father and one uncle are the only ones leaning towards Trump. This is out of 10+ families.
 
ModerateGOP said:
Most of my family are Republican and those who care enough to vote in this election will be voting for Johnson. These are people who voted for Romney, McCain, Bush, Bush, and Reagan and beyond. Hard-line ticket Republicans. My father and one uncle are the only ones leaning towards Trump. This is out of 10+ families.
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Meh, my family is the same except they're all voting Trump. They held their noses and voted for Romney, but now they want nothing more than to see Captain Underpants go back to shutting the hell up.

We'll see, you and I, what our families actually do at the voting booth. It's not always going to be what they tell us they're going to do.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
If Romney made a libertarian endorsement, it would be for the good of the country, not because he wanted to make the Libertarian Party into a viable 3rd party. Romney knows that Trump would be a disaster for the country and the Republican Party should he be elected. The Libertarian Party will never be a viable third party, but it can be a spoiler for the Republicans in 2016.
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If he drank the kool-aid, he certainly could try to turn the LP viable. I just don't know what good that would do HIM, personally. The Libertarian Party has needed a touch of leadership and sanity for decades. If they successfully bring Romney on board, more Republicans may follow. It will be interesting to see what happens if he does endorse Johnson. Would other high-profile #Nevertrump people join him? Would Libertarians welcome this? I would think no, but if Johnson is willing to take Romney's endorsement what does that say about him? Will he piss off the hard-line Ron Paul Libertarian base?? You know those ones that hated Romney's 2012 campaign so much when they thought the establishment was out to get poor little Pauly.
 
I'd be fine with a Johnson win. Might even cheer a little. But I'm still voting Trump. I think most folks would be less likely to vote Johnson if he made his bed with Romney. It'll hurt him more than help him.
 
Henrin said:
Republicans have to stop thinking they are welcome in the libertarian party. The libertarian party is not an alternative for you and we don't want you beliefs corrupting the libertarian party. Go away.
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You're a member of the Libertarian Party, yet are against gay rights and won't vote for Johnson. You support the conservative social engineering programs, and now you say Repubs aren't welcome in the LP?

Seems to me you're just lashing out because Romney won't endorse Trump.
 
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