Wdtabor wrote:

This is a fight I have with my fellow LP members often. TO me, it is more
important that libertarian ideas prevail, not Libertarian candidates. If that
means gently persuading Republicans and even some Democrats to become more
libertarian, then so be it.

Let's see if I understand you correctly. Your theory is that, if enough people
vote Libertarian, the other candidates will start to adopt some of the LP views
in an attempt to siphon off some of those votes?

I would like to be able to agree, but I think that Dems and Reps would simply
be afraid of losing votes they already have and afraid of losing the support of
the main party.

In any case, a vote is never "wasted" if you vote for the candidate you prefer.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.