Most libertarians will hate me saying this, but I like Bill Weld a whole lot and wish he could be the LP nominee in 2020 because he'd have a chance to win.
Those who claim he's not "libertarian" should try and see if you can get elected governor of Massachusetts, the most progressive state in America, and immediately slash welfare, fire thousands of government workers -- deal with that heat, then get reelected in the largest margin pretty much by any governor in U.S. history.
It's one thing to sit on the internet and talk about what would be perfect libertarianism, and it's another to convince the rabidly progressive voters of Massachusetts that government has become too large and actually fire useless bureaucrats and slash unchecked largesse.
Bill Weld is more or less the Lebron James of deleting government as a governor and in the bluest of states, no less.
2020 the Dems will put up an extreme progressive to bash Trump because none of the middle of the road guys are going to want to go head to head with Trump, so the LP should put up a candidate that appeals to the middle of America that neither wants full-blown communism nor nationalist authoritarianism. A back-bencher with no political experience can't get on TV, so people like that aren't on the table to impact the race.
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