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Long-time libertarian Murray Sabrin is a candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey in the Republican primary. In 1997 Dr Sabrin received almost 5% of the vote as the Libertarian candidate for Governor of New Jersey.
Dr. Sabrin was born in Bad-Worishofen, West Germany, on December 21, 1946. His parents were the only ones in their respective families to survive the Holocaust. Sabrin arrived in America with his older brother and parents in August 1949 and became a U. S. citizen in 1959. He lives with his wife of 39 years, Florence, in Ft. Lee, New Jersey.
Rep. Ron Paul says “Murray has devoted his entire career to promoting limited government and personal freedom, and I am proud to have known him and worked with him for more than 25 years…I am delighted to endorse him…”
More information @ http://www.sabrinforsenate.com/
David Boaz of the Cato Institute looks at the record of GOP front-runner Mike Huckabee: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/07/EDP3U9GFC.DTL
Wyoming GOP county conventions gave their delegates to Romney, Thompson, McCain, and Hunter. But Ron Paul never stood a chance there.
We shouldn’t have expected anything from Wyoming. Most observers didn’t understand the rules.
The Wyoming county conventions were NOT open to Republican voters. Eligible delegates consisted of only two groups: Republican party officials who were elected in 2006; and delegates who were appointed (by established precinct organizations) to fill empty delegate seats. The rules are explained here.
Each county convention elected either one delegate or one alternate. They were assigned one or the other by the state party based on past vote totals for GOP candidates in their county.
Each county convention was presented with delegate candidates, who were either pledged to a Presidential candidate or unpledged. The winner in each county had to get over 50%, so runoffs were held.
In most cases, the winning delegate candidates were county party leaders who were chosen because of who they were, rather than who they are supporting for President.
Wyoming’s system is a throwback to the old days of backroom nominations. There was little chance for new party activists to participate in this process, only old-timers made the choice.
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute looks at Senator Obama’s proposal to guarantee medical care to Americans and concludes that “…If enacted it would cost Americans dearly — in higher taxes, lost jobs, reduced freedom of choice, and lower quality health care. ”
Full analysis @ http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8266
Friday, January 4, 2008
David Boaz, executive vice president:
Republicans looking for a presidential candidate to inspire them are now faced with a tax-and-spend religious rightist who would have the federal government regulate everything from restaurant menus to local schools. As Dorothy Parker would say, “What fresh hell is this?”
source: http://www.cato.org/pressroom.php?display=comments&id=798