Good man, sounds like you are doing good work.

If we can get the libertarian and conservative factions of the GOP to work together, we can oust the “big government republican” leadership that is currently screwing up the party.

But i think you are expecting too much to get people to vote for a candidate in another party. I saw a poll recently that showed only 14% of Americans know the difference between Republicans and Democrats. I expect even fewer know what the Libertarian party stands for.

Phoenix Arizona Kidnapping Capitol of the U.S.A. Homeland security playing politics with American’s safety?

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/10/pheonix-arizona-kidnapping-capitol-of.html

You’re talking to the greatest advocate in the Nation for Libertarians working within the GOP. I’m the Publisher of Libertarian Republican. I’m the Founder of the Republican Liberty Caucus. I’m the guy that got Ron Paul to switch back to the GOP in the early 1990s, and helped him win his Congressional seat back in 1996.

Perhaps you misunderstand the Smithers situation. Again, THERE WAS NO REPUBLICAN ON THE BALLOT! It was a special circumstance; A fluke election.

And even with no Republican on the ballot, the Conservatives still chose to run a silly write-in effort, instead of backing the “very Republican leaning” Libertarian candidate who was on the ballot.

It was a chance for us Republicans to show our Libertarian friends that they mattered as part of the broader GOP coalition. And we Republicans blew it!

Made my job of outreach to Libertarians for the GOP 100 times more harder.

The Republican party does not exist to elect other parties to office. If libertarians want to get elected, they should run as Republicans, as Ron Paul learned the hard way.

(You still have not showed, by the way, any evidence whatsoever that de-emphasizing social conservatism would bring success for the GOP. Nor cited any examples of that strategy working. Nor have you explained why that strategy did NOT work in 2006 and 2008. Nor have you done anything whatsoever to refute the very recent, very stark evidence that social conservatism does well even in the most liberal states where moderate Republicans do not, but I digress, I cant force you to actually make your case. And I certainly cant find any support for it at ALL. Apparently neither can you.)

But as Ronald Reagan illustrated, and Bush to some degree, Republicans must unite fiscal, foreign policy AND social conservatives in order to win. (Yes, fiscal conservatives united behind Bush — they just ended up being disappointed).

The Libertarian Party had a fine candidate in Bob Smither, a conservative local crime fighter hero, who pledged to “Caucus with Republicans,” if elected.

Despite enormous pleas and begging from local libertarian Republicans, the Houston/Ft. Bend County GOPs decided to run a ridiculous write-in campaign for Shelly Sekula-Gibbs.

Of course, it was predictable. Democrat Nick Lampson clobbered her. Smither still ended up getting 6%. He could’ve won, if it were not for the stubborness of Conservatives locally AND nationally (numerous appeals were made to Erick Erickson and RedState to no avail.)

And now the Conservatives want moderate and libertarian Republicans to back their 3rd party Conservative candidate?

I’d probably otherwise support Hoffman over Scazzofava were it not for the hypocrisy on 3rd parties by Conservatives – okay to back a Conservative, but not a Libertarian.