So the tea party is wounded and Chris Christie is the face of (R)

[Zundfolge]

The sense of entitlement republicans have with regard to libertarian votes is disgusting.

If the republicans want libertarian votes, they can damned well earn them.

I would argue that Cuccinelli did. There's no reason that a Ron Paul loving Libertarian would have had any problem voting for him.

The problem is that I believe that the Libertarians (capital L ... as in party members) have become Political Hipsters that are more interested in eschewing the mainstream and voting for politicians you've never heard of than actually fighting to see their ideals implemented in law. Too many of them wouldn't vote for David Nolan if he had an (R) after his name (yes, I know he's dead ... but you get my point).

I have long held that the single greatest impediment to the implementation of libertarian ideals is the Libertarian Party.

In a way I think the LP is in the same morass that the GOP is in ... the party structures are out of touch with the base (and to a certain extent, reality). As long as it can be done in such a way as to not split the right of center vote, I think its time to dump both the LP and the GOP ... but we might as well make the mascot of this new party a unicorn since it's just as likely.