After the Orlando shooting this past weekend, each of the candidates running for President responded to the tragedy in different ways. Clinton joined Americans in praying for the victims but then called for increased gun regulation to avoid future massacres. Trump called the shooting a horrific event but then added boasting remarks that he was right…
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday night, Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said that he will not rule out voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in 2016. An outspoken Never Trumper, Romney has insisted that he will not be voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in November. With the…
Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, continues to improve in the polls. He has been averaging 8.5% in national polling against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Johnson did very well in a recent poll conducted among Utah voters. In a new Gravis poll, Johnson received 16%, while Trump received 29% and Clinton 26%. “Other”…
By Blake Neff Mitt Romney has ruled out a third-party presidential bid and has stopped recruiting others to attempt their own, close advisers said Wednesday. The news suggests Romney has thrown in the towel on the #NeverTrump movement and resigned himself to the Republican Party’s nomination of Donald Trump, as much as he detests it. That…
by Lina Bryce Sen. Rand Paul addressed the recent win by Donald Trump in an appearance Tuesday for a “Reagan Ranch Roundtable” event put on by Young America’s Foundation in California. Paul’s address was focused on the idea of moving “beyond partisan politics to unite America,” positing that the GOP needs to do more to reach out to marginalized…
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, the current Libertarian Party frontrunner and likely nominee, said in an interview with the Daily Caller that this year was the best opportunity for Libertarians in a general election an opportunity like it they may not see again. Johnson believes the current political climate is ripe for a third party candidate to capitalize,…
Face Fact, Libertarians: Austin Petersen is the Only Hope For a Mainstream Third Party There can be no great changes made to any system, for better or worse, without a general consensus first. People must agree that there is a problem in dire need of solving and that the proposed solution would result in a…
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) wrote an open letter to Donald Trump supporters on his Facebook page yesterday, declaring that he cannot support the current Republican front runner. Sasse did sympathize with Trump supporters, saying he understands “their frustrations” and that they have a right to be angry. Sasse writes: Please understand: I’m not an establishment…
As soon as anything doesn’t go his way, Donald Trump is quick to cry foul. Now he has renewed earlier threats to leave the Republican race and run third party. Doing so would, of course, all but guarantee a Democrat victory in November. The race has dramatically shifted since Saturday. The death of Supreme Court…
George Will threatens there will be a third-party movement to save “conservatism” if the 2016 general election is between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. But why now? Too little, too late? by Joey Clark [dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]eorge Will, well-known journalist and author of the 1983 book Statecraft as Soulcraft, is on the verge of spitting full-forced…