Originally Posted in the December 2003 edition of Libertarian Strategy Gazette A Program for a National Chair: What do we need in a Chair? A Libertarian National Committee (LNC) Chair needs to know how to run meetings and adhere to Rules of Order. As a professor active in faculty governance, I’ve done that under difficult circumstances. An LNC Chair and Party CEO must understand that the... 

Campaign season is almost here! If you’ve ever thought about running for office, it’s time to start planning. Libertarian candidates have some choices to make. There are two ways to go. The first is to run for a small, non-partisan office. This could be anything from a water or cemetery board to a school board. These are very winnable races. Where you don’t necessarily talk about your political... 

By Dr. George Phillies Above All, Remember The Objective of a Political Party is To Elect Its Candidates to Political Office and thereby put its agenda into effect. To attain this objective, we need to build a strong party perform needed housekeeping tasks create pre-conditions for victory Building a strong party is based on core activities such as Outreach, Incitement, Local... 

Building local organizations from coast-to-coast is absolutely critical to the success of electing Libertarians to public office where they can work to implement a libertarian agenda which will make every American prosper.  In order to develop local organizations we need candidates, with a record of community involvement, who have in place both a volunteer and a voter base. Candidates: The purpose... 

In the end, we will be politically successful when we win elections, elect our candidates to office, and put a libertarian direction on the country’s political agenda. Political success demands a series of elements.  All the elements are needed at once.  The libertarian political movement that will bring us to victory is the movement that takes responsibility for assembling all those elements.... 

Shortly after the Bob Barr 2008 Presidential campaign ended, I received many questions regarding both the successes and failures of the campaign. After all, I was an early opponent of Bob Barr, was in Kansas City, Missouri when Bob announced his exploratory committee, and was in Denver when he finally won the nomination. In fact, Bob received my delegate vote every round after George Phillies was...