May 24, 2016
By Chris Edwards
For November, voters turned off by Trump and Clinton may be interested in the likely Libertarian Party ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld.…
Posts published in May 2016
“Party activists could reject the two-term Massachusetts governor as ‘Republican-lite’.”
By Shane Goldmacher, Politico.com, May 27th, 2016:
ORLANDO, Fla. — It was supposed to be a stroke of genius: Gary Johnson, the 2012 Libertarian nominee for president and the party’s leading contender in 2016, announced that William Weld, the two-term former Republican governor of Massachusetts, would serve as his running mate.
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Gary Johnson (Getty Images)
By Michael Beckel (Center for Public Integrity), Time.com, May 27th, 2016 (via American Third Party Report):
More than 70 cents of every dollar Libertarian Gary Johnson — a man who could play spoiler in battleground states in November — has spent so far in his 2016 presidential bid has gone to the consulting firm of his campaign manager, Ron Nielson, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of federal campaign finance filings.
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From ALibertarianFuture.com, May 27th, 2016 (via American Third Party Report):
The Libertarian Party National Convention officially starts Friday May 27th. The night before, following tradition, there is an unofficial Presidential and Vice Presidential debate.
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By Eli Watkins at CNN, May 27th, 2016:
(CNN)They get the bronze medal every four years in what is really a two-person race.
That’s what it must feel like to be a third-party candidate in a two-party country.
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