[Lnc-business] Various items for your consideration

[Joshua Katz]

I agree, we cannot fight reality.  We can change it, of course, but we can
only do that by first recognizing what it is.  If student activists are
'standing with Rand,' what do we do to make the most of this circumstance?
I certainly agree that we ask for their support down-ticket.

Also open is the question of what they will do if Rand is not nominated -
will they support the nominee, whom Rand will almost certainly endorse, or
look elsewhere?  Of course, we want them to look elsewhere -as in us - in
that circumstance.  Similarly, we want them to look elsewhere if he is
nominated and loses, or if he wins and doesn't behave as they would like,
or if he wins and is term-limited out of office, etc.  So how do we make
ourselves the clear and obvious "elsewhere" to look - and good enough to
cause them to break out of a comfortable position - in the meantime?  It
would seem to me that the preference they are expressing is for something
that has a 'fighting chance of being elected.'  I would say we do that by
building a record of successful campaigns.  Student activists, when any of
the above take place, could receive a letter (not asking for money) talking
about our recent electoral successes, stripped of comparative analysis, and
not showing vote totals for losing races.  This might be convincing, to at
least some of them, to vote Libertarian at least part of the time.

It would be interesting to see what positions of Rand they particularly
favor, and which they live with.

Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Scott L. <scott73 at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> The question is - is the LNC willing to accept and work with the
> observation below,
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> or are we going to get on our high horse and continue to maintain that any
> libertarian who supports Rand Paul is a statist?
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> This is where having Libertarians running for local, non-partisan
> elections can come in handy.
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> We can ask libertarians who support Rand Paul and will vote for him
> instead of any Libertarian presidential candidate in their primary, to vote
> for Rand Paul for President, but to support LP members X, Y, and Z running
> for Town Council – even if Town Council is non-partisan.
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>      Scott Lieberman
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> “in my interactions with self-identified libertarian student activists in
> the U.S., I have seen that many intend to work on behalf of Sen. Paul's
> campaign.  Most of these students indicated that while they agree to a
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> much greater extent with Libertarian Party positions, they believe it is
> better to work for a candidate who has what they consider to be a fighting
> chance of being elected.
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>      James W. Lark, III
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>      Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
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>      University of Virginia”
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