Mary Matalin enrolls Libertarian, leaves Republican party

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

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

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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Resurrect The Vote

  It’s 2016 and we are in the midst of another election season. Of course elections happen every year but this is the Presidential election, the World Cup of elections. And this particular election is of particular importance to many, not because of the greatness of either of the two major’s potential nominees but for

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Sen. Schumer’s proposed “Uniform Anti-Sardine Seat” bill (“UniASS”), to regulate the width and spacing of airline seats, is anti-choice, anti-consumer, anti-competitive . . . and just doesn’t fly.

  February 28th – Sen. Chuck Schumer announced today* that he will tack on an amendment to the FAA’s Reauthorization bill demanding that the FAA set Government minimum seat widths and and the spacing between airline seats. The Senator complains that airlines are “forcing” passengers to sit “like sardines.” *This is Sen. Schumer’s most recent

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Guns and Surveillance; Lessons from France

Liberals and conservatives both resort to big government solutions when they are beset by the “We Must Do Something NOW” syndrome ………………………………………………………………………………. I watched a John Stossel program recently and it focused my attention on the big government ways of liberals and conservatives.  This similarity shows up vividly when they become subject to the “We

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