Dear Mr. President:
Have you thought of negotiating a cross-nomination deal with
the Libertarian National Committee?
I am a lifelong supporter of Libertarian Party candidates.
I have since concluded that you can do more
to further the cause of freedom than the LP can, so I will support and have
been supporting you and the NRCC over the past couple of years.
Why not negotiate the LP's cross nomination of
you in 2020?
The following chart shows that the LP won 2.2% to 4.15% in
the six battleground states, more than enough to put you well over the top.
Battleground States/ LP Percentage
Florida
/
2.20%
Wisconsin
/
3.60%
Pennsylvania
/
2.40%
Michigan
/
3.60%
New Hampshire
/ 4.15%
Nevada
/
3.30%
Although I have not been active in the LP since 1983, I can
imagine at least two bargaining chips that can result in mutual gains for both
parties: first, an agreement to abolish a set of government agencies and
programs that you don't mind abolishing (they want to abolish everything) and,
second, an offer of placing Libertarians in powerful agency posts in which they
can gut government programs.
In
exchange, they would throw you the percentages that secure a win.
For example, if you offer to abolish the Department of
Education and a list of fluff that Rand Paul or Citizens Against Government
Waste provides in exchange for LP support and/or offer them a dozen positions
in areas like the NLRB, and EPA, they may be willing to make a deal. You would
likely have an additional benefit by having people in positions of power who
are hostile to the deep state and have little to lose in attacking it.
Sincerely,
Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.
