Glass is half-full for the libertarian candidate
MySA.com: Politics
Seventy-eight percent of the voters said they were unfamiliar with Werner.“Let’s look at the up side,” Werner said. “Nearly one-quarter of Texans have sufficient familiarity with the Libertarian candidate for governor to have formed an opinion about him. If that’s the case, we’re certainly moving in the right direction.”
I gotta say, I just loved this. I can’t say I particularly like him as a candidate and his Name the guv site leaves a really bad taste in my mouth but I liked this statement he made.
I am torn with third party candidates. I like the idea of there being more than the Democrats and the Republicans to choose from but here I am in San Antonio probably about to see a bad governor re-elected. He won’t be re-elected because the overwhelming majority of Texans want him to be, he will be re-elected because the voters are splintered by too many choices. I find myself wondering why there won’t be a run off election. I know that Texas election code states that a plurality (not majority) of the vote is required to win office in a general election for a state-wide office. This is the first time I find myself in this position but if we are going to be moving towards larger tickets then we should be asking for run-offs. We need to change the election code, I don’t know how to do that at this time but I will be looking into it.
I do think there should be a place for the Libertarian Party, the Constitutional Party (even though their candidate thinks he is an alien), the Independant Party etc… The problem arises when you have all these different candidates splintering the vote to a point where not one candidate receives more than 50%. If Rick Perry wins, it won’t be by mandate, it will be by default. We need to demand run-offs for elections when one candidate doesn’t receive over 50%, that is all. There should be no ifs ands or buts about it. Demand a majority for elected officials to take office.
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