So when has the LP ever been in a position to get any of its proposed legislation even debated on the floor much less written into law? From where I sit, only the Pubbies and the Dems are in that boat. The two parties are pulling water into the boat, not trying to get it out.
Never. Odd isn't it? The Socialist Party got much of its platform passed by using the Democratic Party as a proxy. The Communist Party USA did the same. So did Greens. Only very rarely did any of them flat out criticize or run against Democrats. That format worked great for the far left, didn't it?
But the Libertarian party has taken another tack. Rather than drag the GOP to its position, rather than launch get out the vote drives for good GOP candidates as the CPUSA was notoriously excellent at for the Democratic Party in NYC, the LP spends most of its time attacking the GOP and running candidates against the GOP. It has even been caught taking money from the DNC and openly allied itself with Greens in Ohio
In other words, I don't believe the LP is for real. Yes, I believe there are some, perhaps many in it who are sincere. But I don't think the movement as a whole is.