... strides toward socialization of America's financial institutions, I now consider the Libertarian Party platform more seriously. I have supported John McCain ... controlling entitlements spending. Only Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party are pushing the surge in fiscal responsibility ... factors, which militate in favor of Barr. A strong Libertarian showing will push the Republicans toward more laissez-faire ...

A Libertarian Runner Momma for Obama This is a running blog, I know.  (Stop now if you don't want to know about my personal politics.) I don't take the decision to air out my political beliefs lightly.  But ... board a campaign. But first, a little back story. I have odd politics.  Ideally I am a libertarian.  Practically, I generally vote Democrat. I know. It doesn't seem like it ...

... especially of thought and action2b A member of a political party advocating libertarian principles.Definitions 1 and 2a are pretty vague and all inclusive. ... personal freedom and civil liberties. I think that Obama meets this definition (though I don't call him a libertarian). I know that many of my readers disagree.I've also seen various people call themselves libertarians while supporting either ...

... is that each individual should be free to do as he or she pleases so long as he or she does not harm others. In the libertarian view, societies and governments infringe on individual liberties whenever they tax ... no way do these descriptions match the words of Megan McArdle. She might have libertarian leanings, but someone who always sides with authority is simply an Authoritarian, and will support ...

... , it guarantees that every person (at least in most states) will have a chance to see and vote for a Libertarian candidate, even when there are no local candidates; second, it supports the credibility of the ... overall voter turn-out among the Demopublicans tends to be depressed, therefore leaving an energized Libertarian base as a larger overall percentage of the vote. Moreover, I'd argue that people ...

... to swim in the same water we all do), some contributors might reasonably be called left-libertarian -- that is, devoted to personal liberty to an extent that mostly pits them ... apparently could no longer understand why anyone else would. Does that mean the country turns out to be more libertarian that Giuliani anticipated? Sure, when it doesn't cost anything. The candidate who had become "America's ...