Comment: Jim Gray: Libertarian vice presidential candidate visits Alaska

"Jim Gray of California, the vice presidential candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket, drank coffee with fellow Libertarians this week at Denny’s in Anchorage. He appeared on Glen Biegel’s radio talk show, sat down with Alaska Dispatch reporters and marched in the parade in Wasilla. And on July 4, he stood in front of a booth on the Park Strip in Anchorage to talk to anyone who would listen about the possibility that the Libertarians might make a mark in the upcoming presidential election.

Gray believes he and presidential running mate, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, stand a chance in Alaska. The 49th state, he says, is fair-minded enough, with a rugged independent streak. Alaska, he says, is clearly looking to vote for someone outside of presidential front-runners Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. ...

Gray isn’t a one-issue candidate, however. He talks about the drug war because that’s what he’s done most of his life. However, like his fellow libertarians, including Ron Paul, he believes the country’s foreign policy is a colossal failure and the tax system needs complete reform. ...

But with many voters dissatisfied by President Obama and Republican challenger Romney, and the unlikelihood that Paul will land the GOP nomination, the Libertarians might have a chance to at least have a voice in the final months of the presidential election.

“If Mitt Romney’s in office, it won’t make a difference. If Obama gets re-elected, it won’t make a difference. If we get elected, we’ll make a difference,” Gray says.

To read the whole article see: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/jim-gray-libertarian-v...