Marcus Epstein is the founder of the Robert Taft Club, the Executive Director of Pat Buchanan’s The American Cause and the Team America PAC. His most recent article at VDARE, an immigration reform website, speculates on the immigration records of Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin, and finally concludes:
I would be lying if I said that picking back up the standard of patriotic immigration reform would help Barr win the Libertarian Party nomination—anymore than it would it help him become president of La Raza.
But if he wants to attract the maximum number of dissafected Republicans, he should start sounding more like Tom Tancredo and less like John McCain.
As it is, it looks like the Constitution Party’s Chuck Baldwin will have the patriotic immigration reform vote entirely to himself.
The rest from Epstein.
If Bob Barr is nominated for the Libertarians, i expect about 200k votes for Baldwin,which is still a record for the CP.
If Barr isnt nominated, we could reach well above 400k.
When push comes to shove it will be ballot access that matters most. If the CP can get on 40 state ballots with write in status in most of the rest, this could be a very good year for them. If the LP nominates someone the media takes reasonably seriously and gets on 48 state ballots then they will get most of the “protest” vote IMHO.
Barr has been back-tracking on an excellent immigration record in order to satisfy the open borders ideologues in the LP. It may help him get the LP nomination, but it will hurt his anti-McCain credentials in the general.
I know it will be my main issue when trying to convince conservatives to vote for Baldwin instead of Barr.
It truly could be a breakout year for the CP, that will only be possible with ballot access in the larger states. Anyone working on that ?
Paul, Root, Phillies, etc GET IT, the LP would be wise to push “END THE WELFARE STATE” before you promote open the borders. It’s bankrupting our society and future.