Boston.com: Is Bill Weld setting up a run for president in 2020?

[RJ Liberty]

Is Bill Weld setting up a run for president in 2020?

In 2016, Mitt Romney said he wished the Libertarian ticket was reversed so that fellow former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld was the party’s presidential nominee, instead of Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor.


In 2020, Romney could get his wish.


Weld, the 2016 Libertarian vice presidential nominee and perennial political candidate, now appears to be laying the groundwork for a presidential run, according to the libertarian magazine Reason. The 72-year-old former Republican governor has been touring Libertarian state conventions, fundraising, and endorsing the party’s local candidates, such as Dan Fishman, a Johnson-Weld campaign staffer and Libertarian candidate for Massachusetts auditor.

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“I’ve learned a lot since 2016,” he said Sunday. “I mean, I do blush to think of some of my early steps.”


Weld also insisted that he has long held positions on government spending, gay rights, and marijuana that departed from the Republican orthodoxy and were largely consistent with the Libertarian Party.


“I don’t think of myself as a moderate at all,” he said. “I think of myself as an extreme on both fiscal policy and social policy. It’s just a different extreme, that’s all.”

 

[RonZeplin]

He's right about Trump being unfit to be president, but so is he.

 

[Occam's Banana]

LP Weld/Ryan 2020!!!

 

[angelatc]

LP Weld/Ryan 2020!!!

But what about Jeb???

 

[Suzanimal]

But what about Jeb Jeb!???

Nah, I think he should run with the naked guy from the convention.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Nah, I think he should run with the naked guy from the convention.

*sends inappropriate rep comment*

 

[jmdrake]

He's right about Trump being unfit to be president, but so is he.

What the hell? So he was running for president as a libertarian but saying "If you just gotta, then vote for Hillary" and "Hillary is fit?" SMH

 

[Suzanimal]

What the hell? So he was running for president as a libertarian but saying "If you just gotta, then vote for Hillary" and "Hillary is fit?" SMH

He's the Original Libertarian.

 

[opal]

Must have failed basic maths.. or did not look at the numbers when Gary Johnson picked him.. {s kazoo .."wah wah waaah"




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anyone else remember when sound files could be inserted into chats? (using the {s command)
I miss that feature

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[angelatc]

Must have failed basic maths.. or did not look at the numbers when Gary Johnson picked him.. {s kazoo .."wah wah waaah"

John$on wa$ cry$tal clear about why he cho$e Weld.

 

[opal]

John$on wa$ cry$tal clear about why he cho$e Weld.

Well.. for Johnson he was.. crystal clear really isn't his best event though.

I kinda meant that Weld couldn't read the numbers after the LP convention.. you know, when GJ went from double digits to .. what was it, 3.2% of people polled said they'd vote for that ticket in under a month?

 

[angelatc]

Well.. for Johnson he was.. crystal clear really isn't his best event though.

I kinda meant that Weld couldn't read the numbers after the LP convention.. you know, when GJ went from double digits to .. what was it, 3.2% of people polled said they'd vote for that ticket in under a month?

Not a Weld fan here, but they got more votes for the LP than any other candidate has managed.

 

[RonZeplin]

Worst candidates in history - Donald & Hillary

Not a Weld fan here, but they got more votes for the LP than any other candidate has managed.

Donald and Hillary deserve full credit for that. Johnson & Weld couldn't have done it without the help of the D&R party.

 

[angelatc]

Donald and Hillary deserve full credit for that. Johnson & Weld couldn't have done it without the help of the D&R party.

Of course. And even though they got a historical number of votes, they totally blew the opportunity to be a viable third party.

 

[ZakCarter]

Gov. Weld would have to get past Adam Kokesh, and I think a lot of the LP is pretty tired of nominating milquetoast republicans who are only versed in libertarian one liners and lack a deeper understanding of libertarian ideology at this point.

 

[XxNeXuSxX]

Bill Weld the anti-gun, pro hillary Neoconservative.

 

[oyarde]

Weld only has one real problem right now . I will define it for you . Nobody cares what weld is running for . He is not going to get funding and votes .