Libertarians caused a significant number of the congressional losses in 2006; the margin of loss for the GOP candidate was smaller than the total vote for the third party candidate, almost always a libertarian.
So, in a sense, the libertarians had a hand in everyone’s healthcare getting hijacked after the ascension of Obama.
So you're saying that libertarians should have simply held their noses for all those horrible Republicans who along with Bush spent like drunken sailors and did nothing to stop the spread of the federal gov't. No, Republicans lost in 2006 because their candidates stunk and the Dems capitalized on LIVs hatred of all things Bush.
Stop blaming libertarians when Republicans lose.
“Libertarians caused a significant number of the congressional losses in 2006; the margin of loss for the GOP candidate was smaller than the total vote for the third party candidate, almost always a libertarian.
So, in a sense, the libertarians had a hand in everyone’s healthcare getting hijacked after the ascension of Obama.”
Which is a very good reason that Republicans should pay attention to them.
This lesson is being learned the hard way in the UK where voters are beginning to desert the Torries for the UKIP over immigration and the EU. It does not take much of a swing to cause real problems.