Libertarian Democrat Let-Down
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Back in January, the Democrats announced that Denver would host their 2008 nominating convention, in a nod to the fiscally conservative, socially liberal voters who helped deliver 2006’s Democratic victories in America’s libertarian Mountain West — including a Senate seat in Montana, two House seats in Arizona, and one House seat in Colorado. But a little bit more than a month later, it looks like this may be all that Democrats plan to do to attract these voters to the party in 2008.
After all, their top three candidates for president leave a lot to be desired from the perspective of libertarian-minded Democrats, and the one presidential candidate who fits the western Democrat mold — Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico — is garnering little attention in the media and no substantial support among traditional Democratic primary voters or donors.
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