Will 2008 be the year for an insurgency of Libertarian politics? This could be the achilles heel of the John McCain campaign. The Republican coalition is breaking apart at least to some extent.
If the Libertarian Party can make a splash in 2008, that would represent a minor “revolutionâ€, to use the terminology of the Ron Paul campaign (and the title of Paul’s new book, Revolution: a Manifesto). Bob Barr’s campaign has the potential to break off a sizeable portion of the traditional Republican vote. It could signal the beginning of a real third party in American politics: a party strong enough to influence elections for the foreseeable future and end the stranglehold of the U.S. two party system.
An interesting and popular sentiment is expressed as: “I didn’t leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left me.†Many conservatives are angry at the exploding federal budget, budget deficits, and federal debt. The new Department of Homeland Security especially represents expansive government contradictory to the conservative bedrock principle of smaller government. Many conservatives are unhappy with the Iraq War.
Libertarians, Bob Barr, Ron Paul, and the Revolution
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