October 2014 - Lnc-business - Moellman Enterprises Email

LNC Meeting Sat/Sun Dec 13/14
by Robert Kraus 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

All: Here is the preliminary information for the Dec LNC Meeting: What: LNC Meeting Sat/Sun Dec 13/14 Where: Hampton Inn & Suites Convention Center 1201 Convention Center Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70130 http://neworleanshamptoninns.com/hampton-hotels/convention-center/ Rooms: $99 per night breakfast included, use the following link for reservations (or call 504-566-9990 and give discount code “LNC” for Libertarian Party Budget Meeting): http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/M/MSYLAHX-LNC-201412… Note: “Warehouse Loft” style suites are available for special price of $149 – must call for these! Parking: Valet only $18 for overnight guests, $15 for daily guests (in/out allowed) Directions & other info here: http://neworleanshamptoninns.com/hoteldetails/conventioncenter-directions/ Other: For those who are interested in N/O as a possible 2018 convention city, there will be a site tour of the convention center followed by tour of the Hilton Riverside departing lobby of Hampton around 4:30 pm Fri Dec 12th. A LPLA/Local New Orleans “Happy Hour” will then be held from about 6-9 pm at the Hilton Riverside (Venue TBD) following the tour. All are welcomed and encouraged to join this tour and happy hour! Dining options near Hampton Inn: http://neworleanshamptoninns.com/hoteldetails/conventioncenter-dining/ Airport shuttle link ($38 RT): http://www.airportshuttleneworleans.com/ Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians

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Spoiler effect in North Carolina
by Scott L. 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

To: The LNC ######################################################################### Poll in North Carolina Oct 16-18, 2014 " http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_NC_10201118.pdf Question 6 Combined horse race, with Haugh supporters asked if they lean Hagan or Tillis 47% Kay Hagan - D ...................................................... 44% Thom Tillis - R ...................................................... 8% Not sure" ######################################################################### What this means is that if the Libertarian were not in the race, the Democrat would beat the Republican by a few tenths of a percent more than the current situation. In other words - this will be yet another election that proves Libertarian candidates usually help Republican candidates, albeit by only a few tenths of a percentage point. And yet, Republicans still use legal and illegal means to knock Libertarians off the ballot. Scott Lieberman

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How many elections are "winnable" this November for the LP?
by Scott L. 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

I just went thru the A to D section of our nationwide list of candidates for 2014. Total candidates 113 Total number of winnable races 18 Total # of ballot access retention races 14 (1) Percentage of non-ballot-access-retention candidates that have a chance of winning 16%. I am probably being generous with the percentage of winnable races, since I did not check to see how much money the opponents had raised vs. the Libertarian, nor did I check for partisan vs. non-partisan, nor did I check to see if the seats were open, nor if they were competing against incumbents. I understand that some of our candidates and state officials might disagree with my assessment, and that is fine. Nevertheless - I will go out on a limb and predict that the LP will have 19 victories on Election Day next month. That includes incumbents running for re-election. I know we did not vote for this as a goal. But - if the LNC could convince our affiliates to sign on to trying to get the percentage of winners in non-ballot-access-retention races to increase from 16% to 50% in the November 2016 General Election, while having at least as many candidates nationwide as we have in this year's November election, then I think our members will be very happy on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Scott Lieberman 1. Obviously I do not think that any of the ballot-access-retention candidates will win their elections. I do hope that all of them will retain ballot access for their state affiliate.

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Requests for information
by Joshua Katz 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

How many copiers are at LPHQ, and are they leased or owned? It seems we pay for rent and maintenance on copiers, so I'm guessing there is more than one copier, but the maintenance charges seem quite high compared to what rent would be. Are they different sorts of machines? What is 'web migration' and how often is it done? Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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Help for the LP from Progressives
by Scott L. 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

In my opinion, about half the stuff in this manual is helpful for Libertarian candidate recruiters: http://www.gp.org/images/ccc/Candidate-Recruiting-Manual-2004.pdf Scott Lieberman

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Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it Wrong
by Joshua Katz 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-rev… This mirrors some of what we've been trying to do in CT, but we need to do more of it and do a better job at it, for sure. Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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LP of Oregon - reply to Wes Wagner
by Scott L. 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Mr. Burke asked me to forward this to the LNC and State Chair e-mail lists. Scott Lieberman Region 4 Alternate, LNC _____ From: Richard Burke Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:24 PM All, Last night, Mr. Wes Wagner issued an email post discussing the amicus brief submitted by the Oregon Republican Party in support of litigation being advanced by the so-called "Reeves Group" relating to the situation in Oregon. This is my reply. If you think it is bad that the Republicans filed an Amicus brief on our behalf, do not blame us. Blame Mr. Wagner. I have a copy of an email conversation between Mr. Wagner and Noah Robinson, son of Oregon GOP Chair Art Robinson. In this email thread, Mr. Wagner repeatedly threatens the GOP with political warfare and various political consequences. While they were vaguely aware of what was going on within the LPO, they hadn't given it a lot of scrutiny as they have bigger fish to fry. It was Mr. Wagner's threats that woke them up and caused them to focus more closely on what was going on within the LPO. It occurred to them that what happened to us could happen to them, and they realized it almost did. Specifically, during the last term, the Oregon Republican Party was poised to recall their state chair Suzanne Gallegher. There was a lot of speculation about whether or not she would step down or fight. She resisted stepping down. It was feared that, as the Republican "Chair of Record", Gahlleger could have done what Wagner did and rework the Republican Party's governing documents and officer lists in order to hold on to her seat. Ultimately, Gallegher did not follow Mr. Wagner's lead and stepped down. But the situation was a wake-up call to the GOP. Then after receiving Wagner's threats Robinson authorized Buchal to write an Amicus brief supporting our position in the lawsuit. Here is an article covering the GOP situation: http://oregoncatalyst.com/24675-suzanne-gallagher-steps-orp-chair.html Seriously - If Mr. Wagner (or any other "Chair of Record") wished, he could sit at his kitchen table tonight, write a new set of governing documents and list of officers, provide it to the Secretary of State, and it would be accepted because of their unwritten policy. There is no way to build a foundation on such a system. This should be a wake up call to all political parties in Oregon - not just the Republicans. I know it had been discussed, but I didn't know about the actual existence of the Amicus brief until three days ago. If we had more time, we would seek Amicus briefs from every party from the Constitution to the Pacific Green Party. On other subjects, I have this to say: 1. Mr. Wagner is fond of telling people that he is running a large slate of candidates this year while accusing us of helping Republicans. What Mr. Wagner doesn't advertise is that 17 of his nominees are Republicans. I support fusion voting too, but 17 candidates is a bit ridiculous. If at any time we had nominated 17 Republicans, Wagner and his friends would be all over us. If anyone wanted to build a conspiracy theory around that, it would be easy. 2. Yes, I worked for James Buchal in 2012 and made no secret of it. My name was on his press releases as a contact. I thought Buchal was the best candidate who had won a party nomination legitimately. Because of the illegitimacy of Mr. Wagner's bylaws, I did not view the Libertarian nominees as legitimate and could not support him. Mr. Buchal is a candidate for congress this year, I have not worked for him, and had nothing to do with the drafting of his brief. Mr. Wagner is the true father of the GOP Amicus brief for reasons stated above. And, at least in this case, we offer Mr. Wagner a hearty "Thank You." Richard P. Burke Libertarian Party of Oregon

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November Surprise: Obama to issue Emergency Executive Order postponing elections due to Ebola threat!
by Daniel Wiener 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

I've invented an exciting new conspiracy theory: *November Surprise: Obama to issue Emergency Executive Order postponing elections due to Ebola threat!* *"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." -- Rahm Emanuel* Ebola is spreading in the United States, and the Ebola panic is spreading even faster. The stock market is sinking, ISIL is continuing to chop off heads, Obamacare insurance rates are rising, the economy still sucks, Obama’s poll ratings are at new lows, and Democrats are circling the political firing squad as we approach a mid-term election which will likely turn the Senate over to the Republicans. If trends continue, the final two years of Obama’s Presidency will be a total shambles, and history will paint him as one of the worst Presidents ever. What to do? *During the first three days of November, Obama could invoke his power as Commander in Chief to respond to a foreign invasion (the Ebola virus) to prevent its spread among crowds of citizens congregating at polling places.* *He’d issue an Emergency Executive Order banning in-person voting until the Ebola plague is contained, and requiring that states postpone their elections until they can institute mail-ballot-only voting procedures (with the exception of Colorado, which already dictates exclusively mail voting).* Even if courts quickly enjoined this action, and many states defied it and tried to proceed with their normal elections on November 4th, the effect would be to create enormous confusion and discourage millions of people from voting. Democrats would consequently declare any election results to be illegitimate. Harry Reid would use his existing majority to refuse to seat newly-elected Republican Senators until their states held “valid” elections under the mail-ballot-only rules. Deep blue states such as California and Massachusetts would quickly proceed with mail-only elections to demonstrate that they were reasonable and feasible. The crisis would drag on for months, with the country sharply divided over whether this was an unconstitutional coup or a necessary and appropriate action by a decisive Commander in Chief. The House could try impeaching Obama but there’d be insufficient Senate votes to remove him from office. He could then ignore Congress and its supposedly non-elected members and issue whatever executive decrees to run the country that he desired, pending new elections. The final resolution of this Constitutional crisis would be unpredictable, but from Obama’s viewpoint it would at least have a chance of altering the anticipated Republican takeover of the Senate and their trashing of his agenda. It would accelerate the adoption of mail-ballot-only voting, which might benefit Democrats in the future. And it would transform Obama’s legacy, turning him into a historically-pivotal President. http://wienerlog.blogspot.com/2014/10/november-surprise-obama-to-issue.html

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Signing onto letters/statements involving other groups
by Joshua Katz 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Does the LNC have any formalized policy about signing onto letters or other statements about political topics? It is my impression that the bylaws and policy manual allow the chair to sign onto such statements unilaterally, but that past practice is for the LNC to vote on such questions. Am I right in this? I'd like to put out feelers on how others would feel about adopting a policy on the matter one way or another. Joshua A. Katz Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate Libertarian National Committee Chair, Libertarian Party of Connecticut

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updated minutes of 9/20/14 LNC meeting
by Alicia Mattson 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Attached is the updated draft following the comment period, as prescribed by the auto-approval process in section 1.02.6 of the policy manual. This version is a candidate for auto-approval, which means it will be automatically approved without the need for a vote unless an LNC member objects to its contents by October 22. Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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