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From the Huffington Post on September 14: “A lot has been made over whether Libertarian Gary Johnson — who is on the ballot in all 50 states, has about 15 million supporters already, and is known as a socially liberal/fiscally conservative candidate — will get into the upcoming presidential debates on September 26. So far […]

Breaking with a 100-year streak of endorsing Republicans, the New Hampshire Union-Leader, the state’s newspaper of record, endorsed Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson for president. From the September 15 the editorial: “Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is back in New Hampshire today, and we encourage Granite State voters disgusted by the choices they face in this […]

In a Quinnipiac poll released September 14, Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson polls at 13 percent. The poll puts Democrat Hillary Clinton at 41 percent and Republican Donald Trump at 39 percent. 57 percent of respondents say Gary Johnson should be allowed in the debates while 53 percent say they have no opinion of him.  “Translation: The […]

Libertarian National Committee vice chair Arvin Vohra was interviewed by Russia Today on September 12: “Clinton’s physical condition is not the biggest campaign problem. The president needs to stay on one side of issues for some length of time and she hasn’t been able to do that, says former Libertarian candidate for the US Senate […]

From the Columbus Dispatch on September 9: “Given that a majority of Americans dislike the two major-party candidates for president, the Commission on Presidential Debates should open up the first presidential debate to one or more third-party candidates. “The likeliest contender is Gary Johnson, the former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, now running as […]

Libertarian Party presidential and vice presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Bill Weld will have a full page ad in the New York Times on Wednesday. Click here to view the ad.

From the Winston-Salem Journal editorial board on September 11: “We’ve surprised even ourselves with this endorsement, our first for a Libertarian for president. But the timing has never been better for this particular Libertarian, Gary Johnson of New Mexico. He is everything the presidential candidates for the two major parties are not, thank God. “Johnson […]

It’s one of the major problems in U.S. politics (and European politics) today: crony capitalism. In the crony capitalist system, business people and government officials have such a close working relationship that they’re difficult to distinguish from each other. Politicians bail out businesses, make sure they get government contracts, give them special tax breaks, and use […]