Johnson is considering a US Senate run in NM

I fail to see how Gary could of won the senate seat in 2012 with Obama and Romney topping the tickets. The GOP would of likely torpedo'd his candidacy if he didn't fall in line with Romney. 2014 will be a much better Republican year.
 
AJ Antimony said:
If he runs as a Libertarian, then I hope he enjoys actually getting 5% this time.

If he runs as a Republican, then he's going to learn just what happens when you bail on the GOP to get 1% of the national vote. He's not going to be as well-liked in the NMGOP as he was before 2012.

I wish him the best of luck, he'll need it if he wants a political future.
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are we forgetting who was the LP presidential candidate in 1988?
 
KingRobbStark said:
The situation is different. RP didn't run as a Republican, then switch to the LP after losing.
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He didn't quit after losing. He quit when it became apparent that he wasn't going to get a fair shake by the media. I agree with you that it's a stretch to call the situation perfectly analogous, but to their credit, RP did cause a great deal of emnity among Republicans when he jumped ship. The reason I call it a non-analogy was that Ron Paul had years to heal the wounds before he ran again in 1996, but Gary Johnson would be attempting to jump right back in their arms less than three years after he burned them. Gary's better off running as an independent, do an Angus King thing.
 
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jkob said:
I fail to see how Gary could of won the senate seat in 2012 with Obama and Romney topping the tickets. The GOP would of likely torpedo'd his candidacy if he didn't fall in line with Romney. 2014 will be a much better Republican year.
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Actually he would have been a nice counterweight to all the Akin-Mourdock crap, being a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice Republican.
 
mz10 said:
Actually he would have been a nice counterweight to all the Akin-Mourdock crap, being a pro-gay marriage, pro-choice Republican.
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He will be a nice counterweight to that in 2014 too, except in 2014 he won't have to contend with all those extra Obama voters or the huge "Rape Baby" PR effort from the MSM that tars Republicans across the board no matter what their personal stand on the issue might be.

The question I have is despite the title of this thread, I've read nothing in the news that suggests Gary is considering a Senate run. Does anybody have a link to offer some hope this is even a possibility?
 
A few GJ insiders put that word out, but GJ is on the fence, so far as I know. There's a lot of pressure on him to stay in the LP, wait to see what happens to Rand Paul in the primary, and then jump into the Pres race. But I hope he runs for Senate in 2014.
 
Nathan Hale said:
A few GJ insiders put that word out, but GJ is on the fence, so far as I know. There's a lot of pressure on him to stay in the LP, wait to see what happens to Rand Paul in the primary, and then jump into the Pres race. But I hope he runs for Senate in 2014.
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Wonderful, let's blow another opportunity all because of the LP. Even if Rand doesn't become the nominee in 2016, Americans in general will likely be pissed off enough to swallow whomever the GOP picks meaning all the extra GJ votes won't be enough to hand it to Hillary. Tho, I'm betting on Rand pulling it off because of the water temperature in the GOP by then and the economic conditions of the day. Hence, GJ should just stop wasting his damn time diddling himself in the LP and become the next GOP Senator from NM. The job pays ~$170k/yr, and the LP can't do anything similar for him.
 
compromise said:
GJ isn't too worried about money, he's a very rich man.
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Right and being a Senator is a novelty dream job for a very rich person. Also, a very rich person is hardly concerned with what some third party's pressuring is about. His ego will be better stroked getting help from all over the country while running for Senate all the while getting more significant coverage in the press. Lastly, his rise to prominence will help put NM back on the map.
 
I'm sure the LP doesn't like losing it's stars to the GOP. Where do they go if Rand is a rising star Senator/pres. candidate, GJ is in the Senate and Amash is building a coalition in the House.
 
Nathan Hale said:
A few GJ insiders put that word out, but GJ is on the fence, so far as I know. There's a lot of pressure on him to stay in the LP, wait to see what happens to Rand Paul in the primary, and then jump into the Pres race. But I hope he runs for Senate in 2014.
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This sounds about right. Always thinking about the Presidency and never taking the low-hanging fruit that is the New Mexico Senate Seat. I, too, would be shocked if he runs in 2014. It would make too much sense.
 
TCE said:
This sounds about right. Always thinking about the Presidency and never taking the low-hanging fruit that is the New Mexico Senate Seat. I, too, would be shocked if he runs in 2014. It would make too much sense.
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A basketball on a Harlem Globetrotter's fingertip called, it wants its spin back. :D
 
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Wonderful, let's blow another opportunity all because of the LP. Even if Rand doesn't become the nominee in 2016, Americans in general will likely be pissed off enough to swallow whomever the GOP picks meaning all the extra GJ votes won't be enough to hand it to Hillary. Tho, I'm betting on Rand pulling it off because of the water temperature in the GOP by then and the economic conditions of the day. Hence, GJ should just stop wasting his damn time diddling himself in the LP and become the next GOP Senator from NM. The job pays ~$170k/yr, and the LP can't do anything similar for him.
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As we mentioned earlier in the thread, even if he runs for the Senate, it likely will not be as a GOPer. Ron Paul made a return to the GOP after running for President on the LP ticket, but only after 8 years of allowing bygones to become bygones. Gary would essentially have to attempt a jump back into the GOP after barely a year. If anything, he should run indy style like Angus King.
 
Well I hate to promote the LP over the GOP, but the fact is he is now hated by the Republican Party for running against them in such a crucial election. I think running as a LP for Senate is the best option at the moment.
 
HardyMacia said:
Johnson is considering about at a US Senate run in NM - hopefully now we all can get behind him and get him elected...maybe give him his own pro-liberty candidate topic now here also.
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I don't know if the result will be any different here. I mean, he will be running in a blue state. Yes, he was governor, but we have a new terrain in America now especially with these Senate elections. Most Senate elections, the neo-cons or very neo-con-like "liberty" guys are who get elected.
 
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