The Future of the Libertarian Party!

What is the future of The Libertarian Party? I was at the Libertarian Party of Nevada's 2012 Convention yesterday in Las Vegas. I can say honestly that I was proud to be a part of the event. I can say with a fair agree of certainty that in the more general sense libertarian ideas make the most sense to me. It is also fair to say that libertarian ideas have had the most success this year than they ever have in the past in this country- in a republican race of 9 or so real candidates, we are now down to 4 candidates and the basically-a-libertarian-running-as-a-republican Ron Paul is one of those four and not doing badly. That would have surpassed all expectations. However, the question remains- what about the libertarian party proper? Wayne Allen Root was present and speaking at the convention yesterday and suggested what a number of people on the right have begun to speculate which is that there is some kind of deal or alliance worked out between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. I have a feeling that if such an alliance is not worked out already, it probably will be as they have stopped attacking each other and gone after Santorum in a big way. Gary Johnson on the Libertarian party ticket spoke to the convention via Skype. He suggested that both he and Ron Paul were "messengers" and that if there were many people echoing the same message, than all the better. That makes a certain degree of sense and would still give the Libertarian Party a function even if Ron Paul became Mitt Romney's running mate, which I don't think is off the table at this point. In such as case, Ron Paul's ideas would certainly have to be compromised to some extent with Romney's- many hardcore Ron paul supporters would start to describe him as a "sell out" surely. I think if you go back though and look at the MIAC documents from 2009 which describe a libertarian bumper sticker as an indication that an individual is potentially a right-wing domestic terrorist, you'll get a clearer sense of how much an affront to the government the Libertarian Party in fact it. That to me is reason enough to like the Libertarian Party and to ensure it's future....