Perhaps so.
But, he does have one thing going for him. He is Really pissing the GOP establishment off. He is making them crazy over the possibility that they will no longer have the corrupt power over the people that they now exploit. I believe that they have elevated Rubio to Dauphin and promised him -- probably big bucks for his campaign to go after Trump with sharp knives and the soul of a butcher. The difference in his speeches of late compared to just a couple of weeks ago is startling. I'm just jaded enough to believe that it's not only because he wants to win, but some additional motive.

I signed up on their e-mail list. I did that once before and never got anything.

I had actually hoped that most of the people supporting the TEA party movement would go Libertarian. I keep thing the LP is just not doing enough to get noticed and draw members in. They have done well by third party standards but no where near well enough to be practical.

I remember in '08 thinking how great it was that Hillary lost. I will probably feel the same way if Trump wins. Hope it isn't quite as disastrous.

I'm thinking local control would be best. From what i have heard it is pointless to talk to school boards cause their hands are tied. Decisions are set at the Federal level and tied to funding. Not much the few concerned parents can do.

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The alternative is already there. www.lp.org.

Johnson got a million votes in 2012. He may double that this time. Why do you think trying "something new" will get more attention with no ballot status and no votes?

You have seen the replacement. His name is Trump.

Control back to whom? Governments?

Unfortunately I think Benito Trump is already there. You can hope as much as you want, but this guy is a power mad authoritarian with no principles or ideology.

We need to repeal the Twelfth and Seventeenth Amendments before this will be feasible.

I am a in favor of multiple political parties. I think one of the problems with the current Republican Party is that they are trying to be too much to too many, resulting in fracturing and internal division. They'd be much better off focusing on a set ideology of government and campaigning on it. Let Libertarians, Constitutionalists, Tea Parties, Blue Dogs, Greens, et al fill in the gaps.

The LP does spend a lot of time on campus outreach. The idea is to get them while they are young with relatively open minds before the socialists lock them in.

I don't know why you were surprised. The Republicrats have rigged the state election laws to keep third parties off the ballot. These laws vary widely from state to state, but a common tactic is to grant automatic ballot status to the two old parties and make any other party get signatures to appear on the ballot every election. These signature efforts are expensive, time consuming and frustrating but if they are not undertaken then the party loses the ballot spot. The Green and Constitution parties (and some years ago the Reform Party) also have to get on the ballot this way but they have been much less successful than the Libertarians. I'm glad you signed the petition.

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I noticed that as well. Seems they can't send an e-mail without asking for money.

If he at least gets the economy growing and cuts some waste we may have a chance.

The proposed "ACP" is what I hoped the Tea Party would become when Obama's first term obscene spending caused it to appear.
I've learned the hard way that, if you spend a little money for Tea Party membership, there are at least three other Tea Party groups still asking you to join.
I have backed off from that confusion.

What we have to hope for is that if Trump becomes president, he won't turn into another Mussolini.

Excellent analysis Herb. The biggest positive take away of Trumps popularity is what you say---it shows there is a lot of voter discontent. Hope it gets redirected soon.

It will be interesting to see if this goes anywhere. There is a bubble of revolution growing among voters and a party such as this might gain some credence. Unfortunately, Trump is the beneficiary of the voter discontent. The fact that he is a bloviating self promoter works both for and against him. His populist rants are striking a chord among the discontented and the politically frustrated. The attitudes that are buoying up Trump can be the same ones that can get a free market party rolling. We certainly live in interesting times.

Eliminating Common Core and getting control of the schools back would be a great start.

the first thing you will have to do is educate the population to the fact that capitalism is not a dirty word.

It sounds great and I hope they get people to pay attention. We may be too far gone but I may switch. I am a registered Libertarian now so I can't vote in State primaries anyway. I'm going to keep an eye on this.

I wish I could say you are just being pessimistic but you are right. We may need the system to collapse first but I fear too many have embraced Socialism and the replacement would be worse. What a mess.