Evidently Mr. Johnson does not feel he has a home in today's republican party. He's far from alone. The tax and spend republicans of today have probably alienated enough of their voters to assure President Obama an easy 2nd term. Millions more enjoying health care for the first time won't hurt his chances either.

The thing the republicans are going to hammer on from now till Nov 8th is trying to pin any negative aspect of life in America on Obama. You even see some of the RWNJ's engaging in revisionist history by blaming the financial crash on Obama in a vain attempt to exploit people with convenient amnesia.

That tactic should work for their crowd of sycophants with limited abilities of reality perception, but it doesn't wash with mainstream voters.

This Gary Johnson guy is emblematic of the crisis the GOP has reached: Where do normal republican voters find a home?

I mean how can you elect a GOP candidate that proudly advocates the assassination of President Obama? http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/43377. Why isn't he in jail? Is he waiting for someone to act on his deranged suggestion?

Gary Johnson is a call for moderation. A plea for sanity. Sanity is tough to come by in today's GOP though.

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So the GOP candidate stands to lose the .000000000001% of the vote that this clown will get.

The gop is beginning to split apart. I can see it. Mr grover, the rushbo, fox news on side while the more honest, public servant types will be on the other. Those who rail against gop actions such as blowing up the wtc on 911 & crashing a jet into the pentagon, invasion of iraq, etc.

Those who rail against gop actions such as blowing up the wtc on 911 & crashing a jet into the pentagon, invasion of iraq, etc.

Yeah. I found these actions a little over the top too Marshal, but it shows the lengths these people will go to.

The bought and paid for mainstream Media is trying to form public opinion for their own purpose.

In 2008, at this time in the election process, Clinton led Obama by 17% points and Rudy Guiliani or Mike Huckabee was the leader of the Republican Candidates.

Let the people speak!

For true change, vote Ron Paul, 2012! End the Fed, bring our troops home, protect US Borders, follow the US Constitution!

once Dr. Ron Paul jumps to the Libertarian Party the GOP is done! No doubt a 2nd term for the POTUS once that happens..

I can't in good conscience vote for Obama, whom I consider to be one of the worst Presidents of the past 100 years for his abject failures of leadership, his profoundly idiotic team of half-wit advisers, and his inability to remember, let alone drive toward, what he claims to stand for. I won't vote for any of the current Republican candidates, whom I consider to be fundamentally corrupt, deeply cynical, and utterly devoted to the total destruction of both the American economy and American values of liberty and justice.

Johnson looks like a good alternative to me despite that he can't possibly win. At least I wouldn't have to vomit in my mouth as I am punching the (likely hacked) voting machine.

Who gives a @!$%#!

All these one-issue idiots running are going to hand the election to Obama. We can't afford to have him for 4 more years...his policies are destructive. He is playing political games and so are Pelosi-Reid....baiting the GOP.

Really! Even running as a libertarian Johnson wouldn't pull too many votes from Ron Paul for the exact reasons that Paul is running in the GOP. Exposure, Votes & $. The GOP hates Obama soo much that they would rather vote for Ron Paul than split votes to a libertarian ticket. Americans that vote are not all stupid & if they are Ron Paul supporters they are gifted in that they realize he is needed to save our liberties.

Ho hum this is of no consequence whatsoever as is quite honestly Ron Paul. He has some good ideas some not so good but he will never occupy the Oval Office. The only purpose Mr Paul can serve is to take away votes in the general from the Republicans.

Gary Johnson running for President as Libertarian.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Literally.

Obama+Biden 2012

The whole idea of voting is that it allows us to choose someone that we feel represents what we want. I don't know about you, but I'm not basing my vote on what someone's chance is of actually winning. Candidates earn my vote, they don't get it just because they have a better chance of winning.

Gary has proven himself by campainging based on what his supporters want, not what he thinks will get him the job. I give him respect for standing by his beliefs even when others have stated his ideas are political suicide. I'm tired of hearing candidates tell us one thing then roll over once in office. He may not stand a chance, but at least he stays true to his beliefs.

They are applying for a job. If I told a potential employer all the things I was capable of, what I planned on doing once given the job, then didn't deliver, they'd fire me in a second. For once I'd like to see someone be realistic when they ran for office. Tell me what you believe, show me what you have planned and follow through. Don't waste my time bashing the other "applicants". I don't care what party you represent. I want someone who represents the people, not the party. The two party system is outdated and ruining the foundation of democracy.

Gary Johnson doesn't support prohibition. He's got my vote.

Wow, the Establishment is really concerned about Ron Paul. I like that. It means he is indeed a real threat to the influential groups in D.C.

Now these crooks try to throw another guy into the Presidential run and probably pump him up via media propaganda to make him competitive vs. Paul.

What a bunch of losers ...

RON PAUL will win!!! America will get back to its high values !!!

I wonder if Gary Johnson is being 'brought in' to try to spoil Ron Paul's success (since he's the most 'libertarian' of the candidates out there).

As a poster pointed out, under the current system,
"The real nightmare of a third (or more) party candidate is if they do well and no candidate reaches the minimum electoral votes, so the election is determined by Congress instead of the voters."

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

Every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. There would no longer be a handful of 'battleground' states where voters and policies are more important than those of the voters in more than 3/4ths of the states that will just be 'spectators' and ignored.

When the bill is enacted by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes– enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538), all the electoral votes from the enacting states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC.

The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for President. Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have come about by state legislative action.

In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls in closely divided Battleground states: CO – 68%, FL – 78%, IA 75%, MI – 73%, MO – 70%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM– 76%, NC – 74%, OH – 70%, PA – 78%, VA – 74%, and WI – 71%; in Small states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE – 75%, ID – 77%, ME – 77%, MT – 72%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM – 76%, OK – 81%, RI – 74%, SD – 71%, UT – 70%, VT – 75%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%; in Southern and Border states: AR – 80%,, KY- 80%, MS – 77%, MO – 70%, NC – 74%, OK – 81%, SC – 71%, TN – 83%, VA – 74%, and WV – 81%; and in other states polled: CA – 70%, CT – 74%, MA – 73%, MN – 75%, NY – 79%, OR – 76%, and WA – 77%. Americans believe that the candidate who receives the most votes should win.

The bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states. The bill has been enacted by 9 jurisdictions possessing 132 electoral votes - 49% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.

NationalPopularVote

He is being paid by the Gaseous Old Pharts to run as a third party. There will be even more entries also sponsored by the Gaseous Old Pharts. That way when the Greatest President in my lifetime beats the pants off of whom ever wins the Gaseous Old Pharts contest they will sqeal like the little piggies that they are that it is the third, fourth, and fifth parties fault.

The Gaseous Old Pharts could run Gingrich, Paul and Romney on their ticket and they still could not beat President Obama. Because the American People recognize that he is the only one in Washington that truly cares about the whole country, not just the one percent

Yeah right! Legalize Marijuana so that instead of smoking 50g/month illegaly because that is all they can afford, our children will be able to smoke 300 g/month if it becomes an over-the counter treats!!!

Stop madness. FREEDOOM is only for a society who can use it responsibly

The Libertarian party national convention will be held in Las Vegas next spring.

Nevada or New Mexico? The number of people that knew he was running probably equals the number that knew there was a Las Vegas, New Mexico.

That's funny - a virtual nobody has coopted Ron Paul's place on the Libertarian ticket....

This guy is a good fiscal conservative and could probably figure out a way to pay down the national debt. As the governor of NM he used veto powers more than any public official in history. A true small government politician. He believes in placing greater powers in the hands of state governments to handle things such as education,healthcare services, environmental pollution issues, and welfare programs. Removing the feds from things they are good at messing up. He tends toward military non-interventionism.

He possesses a number of flawed ideas despite the strong positives;

Gary Johnson:......... believes that drug use is not a crime but a health issue;

that we should open up the US-Mexican border to allow the free flow of people back and forth;

to remove any and all barriers to free trade(more jobs can go bye-bye)

he's pro-choice and anti-capital punishmnent;

He does not believe in the defense of traditional marriage;

Info on Gary from On The Issues.org.

The Founding Fathers were libertarians at heart.

Ron Paul has as much of a chance of winning the Presidency as I have of winning the lottery! And that's not right: only a third party can make the changes necessary for America.