Today's Indianapolis Star acknowledges the success of the strategic approach of the LPIN, in an article by John Strauss.
In a year of prickly divisions between Democrats and Republicans over everything from Iraq to the economy, Indiana Libertarians see an opening.
Not a big opening: Four years ago, their candidate for president got less than 1 percent of Indiana's vote.
But this year Libertarians are determined to make a difference. They're thinking big by thinking small.
Bill Blomquist is the Star's ace political consultant. His insight is uncanny, so when he says something like this, I am flattered:
Bill Blomquist, associate professor of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, gives them credit for being realistic.
"They're smart, and they're thinking about things that are do-able, like looking at local offices and thinking strategically," he said. "That's a level of sophistication that's different from a third party just trying to make a big splash at the top of the ticket by running somebody for governor."
Of course, we are running a good candidate for governor, but it's kind of ridiculous competing with the kind of money the Democrats and Republicans pour into those races. We find it slightly harder to get million dollar checks than they do... at least for now.
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