They just might do it. And we hope to be the party of peace. Clark's campaign strategists also want to exploit the political frustration of the young and those who were disaffected from mainstream electoral politics by the radicalism and counter culture of the 1960s and early 1970s. Indeed, in this 1978 gubernatorial race in Califorina, Clark put together the beginnings of such a coalition. These are the pools Libertarians plan to fish again.
Libertarians also have dreams, however improbable, about winning over the poor and minorities.
But the Libertarians should not stop their explanations there. It promises to be an exciting campaign. The few political pros in the party are canny enough to know how such statements sound to voters who are not among the faithful. The Libertarians, unlike the major parties, are more than the sum of their programs, which to most voters look like an unlikely amalgam of Left and Right. A vote for the Libertarians is a vote for an ideology that is both unusually consistent and rigidly unwavering.