What have libertarians ever done to help the GOP? They ever act as a magnet to draw the party to free market principles? They ever mobilize to get behind such a free market Republican? I’ve never seen anything of note. All I’ve seen is whining about the GOP and supporting LP candidates who bleed votes from the GOP.
I’m just sayin’ there’s a difference between Libertarian and libertarian. All LPers might be libertarian, but not all libertarians are LPers. Many libertarians support GOPers, but only when there is enough common ground.
Reagan, for example, was popular with many libertarians because he was a defender of the free market. McCain wasn’t popular with libertarians because he never met a problem he didn’t think more government could fix.
The winning coalition is to run GOPers more like Reagan, less like McCain.
The ‘Libertarian’ the Southern Avenger is of the Libert’s that always beats on R’s while letting the radical D’s go unscathed.....I call these types ‘Leftytarian’.