SENATE CANDIDATE ALEX MERCED WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBER TO CAMPAIGN

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Run for senate sees boost from experienced political operative in Communications Director post. June 1, 2016, New York, NY – Yesterday, Alex Merced, the Libertarian candidate for United States Senator from New York, appointed Brian Waddell as his campaign’s Communications Director. Mr. Waddell is a Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) …

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Liberating My Friends “George” and “Martha”

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  [This article was originally published at http://www.politicalstorm.com/libertarian-light-liberating-friends-george-martha/] My friend “George” owns a pet store. A family business. George is the “pop” and “Martha’s” the “mom,” who runs the garden center next door. Two really nice stores, in rural New York, well-stocked, clean, and they know their stuff. George tries his best to compete against …

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Peggy Noonan: Republicans and Democrats will split off and “attempt to create their own party”

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Peggy Noonan in the WSJ: http://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-sanders-maybe-thats-the-ticket-1463700912 Let’s begin with a prophecy: It is not only the Republican Party that is breaking and perhaps re-forming. The Democratic Party is also starting to come apart. We’re seeing the first signs of it now. . . . Here’s what I suspect is coming whatever happens this year. Just as …

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Larry Lindsey, economist, Contemplates a Libertarians Upset in Contest Between “Wicked Stepmother” and Bigoted Uncle.”

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  Laurence B. Lindsey, handicapping the election on CNBC, acknowledged, “There’s even a case to be made where voters who view Clinton as a “wicked stepmother” or Trump as “bigoted uncle” could cause an upset by swinging to the Libertarian camp.” http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/11/hillary-could-be-trumped-more-easily-than-you-think.html Lindsey, now CEO of The Lindsey Group, “Global Economic Advisors,” has had a …

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Mary Matalin enrolls Libertarian, leaves Republican party

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May 5 — Mary Matalin, the longtime Republican strategist and operative, enrolled in the Libertarian Party. Matalin called herself  a Republican in the “Jeffersonian, Madisonian sense . . . The Libertarian Party represents those constitutional principles that I agree with.” See e.g., http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/mary-matalin-leaves-republican-party/2016/05/05/id/727489/#ixzz47zEfH2q0

Austan Goolsbee: “Gary Johnson . . . the Libertarian Party candidate . . . you should be looking into him” on CNBC Squawk Box

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May 6 — Austan Goolsbee, economist, University of Chicago Professor and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, declared “if Trump becomes the president we’re in for doom . . . Gary Johnson . . . you should be for Gary Johnson . . . I’m just waiting for you to get a Gary …

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