[Lnc-business] Vermont LP loses high-profile member

[Vicki Kirkland]

This is not the first time that a Libertarian candidate has switched to a
Major Party, because they
thought they could do better.
VK

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree - if we're losing people because they think they can win as
> Republicans, the answer is to be in a position where they think they can
> win as Libertarians.  I'm also not sure that this particular case
> illustrates much of anything, since he seemed pretty into the GOP even
> during his race.  It's not terribly surprising to see someone change
> parties after the election when they sought the GOP nomination during the
> election - while the LP nominee.
>
> Joshua A. Katz
> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> If the LP were a Real Political Party™ , then we would not be losing
>> these somewhat successful nominees to our competitors.
>>
>>
>> When you only win 2% of the elections you contest, it’s hard to retain
>> good talent.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We can change this.  Not by the end of the current 2 year election cycle,
>> but we can certainly stop this loss of blood by the end of this decade.
>>
>>   Scott Lieberman
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> “I put a call into him. I believe it's the usual - he thinks he can win
>> as a Republican. He clearly has an unusual amount of support there given
>> many top officials in hte state GOP endorsed him as a Republican write-in
>> candidate for the GOP primary last year - and he won an astonishing 17% of
>> the vote.
>>
>>
>>
>> His campaign manager was a Republican who campaigned for the GOP
>> candidate in the previous gov. race.
>>
>>
>>        Carla Howell    Political Director
>>     National Libertarian Party”
>>
>>
>>
>> GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>>
>>
>>
>> Since we are the governing board of the Libertarian Party, I think we all
>> need to understand why our most successful Gubernatorial Nominee in 2014
>> left our Party to join the GOP.
>>
>>
>> https://vtdigger.org/2015/01/14/libertarian-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-feliciano-joins-republican-party/
>>
>>    Scott Lieberman
>>
>>
>>
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