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ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would've done this sort of analysis years ago, would've presented its analysis...
14/04/2023

ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would've done this sort of analysis years ago, would've presented its analysis and underlying rationale to our Party’s members as a strategic plan, and would've led by example in putting the Plan into effect."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

ICYMI: "Supporters of any third-party political group would usefully read this volume to see what has been done in the p...
13/04/2023

ICYMI: "Supporters of any third-party political group would usefully read this volume to see what has been done in the past, and perhaps to avoid re—inventing the square wheel by making mistakes that have been made repeatedly beforehand."

This 2004 volume recounts a half-century of American political history, focused entirely on the technology used to advance conservative and liberal politics. This is not a tirade attacking one side or the other, it is a recounting of how various technical means were used to move American politics in...

ICYMI: "Many people are not interested in donating an evening a month to a talking shop. The same people will donate muc...
13/04/2023

ICYMI: "Many people are not interested in donating an evening a month to a talking shop. The same people will donate much more than an evening a month, if they see that their time is being spent in a constructive and effective manner."

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups 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 housekeepi...

ICYMI: "A substantial task for all Libertarians at every level of the party is to incite activists to run for office and...
12/04/2023

ICYMI: "A substantial task for all Libertarians at every level of the party is to incite activists to run for office and to support their fellow Libertarians in running for office. In the end, putting the Libertarian agenda into effect requires winning elections."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would have done this sort of analysis years ago, would have presented its anal...
11/04/2023

ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would have done this sort of analysis years ago, would have presented its analysis and underlying rationale to our Party’s members as a strategic plan, and would have led by example in putting the Plan into effect."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

ICYMI: "A significant advantage of the conservative movement in the period leading up to Reagan was that it had, funded ...
11/04/2023

ICYMI: "A significant advantage of the conservative movement in the period leading up to Reagan was that it had, funded by direct mail, a New Right strategy group that was outside elected politics. It provided leadership that elected Republican politicians did not."

This 2004 volume recounts a half-century of American political history, focused entirely on the technology used to advance conservative and liberal politics. This is not a tirade attacking one side or the other, it is a recounting of how various technical means were used to move American politics in...

ICYMI: "Incitement is the task of persuading members of our party to stand up by running for office and by offering thei...
10/04/2023

ICYMI: "Incitement is the task of persuading members of our party to stand up by running for office and by offering their time and talent as volunteers. Without volunteers, our party will not go very far."

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups 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 housekeepi...

ICYMI: "To be successful, the Libertarian party must create or capture corresponding special interest PACs that speak fo...
10/04/2023

ICYMI: "To be successful, the Libertarian party must create or capture corresponding special interest PACs that speak for causes while simultaneously aiding Libertarian candidates and state parties."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

"'This is the Local Organization Strategy, isn't it? Doesn't that mean that you want to get rid of the national party or...
07/04/2023

"'This is the Local Organization Strategy, isn't it? Doesn't that mean that you want to get rid of the national party organization?' [...] The assertion that a local organization program would eliminate the corresponding national party is a base canard and has no other basis."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

We cannot see the exact path that will give us a victory for your party in our lifetimes. We can, however, identify circ...
06/04/2023

We cannot see the exact path that will give us a victory for your party in our lifetimes. We can, however, identify circumstances that would exist as part of a victorious party machine.

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups 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 housekeepi...

"This letter presents an example of strategic planning and analysis. [...] The analysis also demonstrates what our natio...
06/04/2023

"This letter presents an example of strategic planning and analysis. [...] The analysis also demonstrates what our national leadership should have been doing over the past half-decade to assist us in achieving the Libertarian future."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

"A Washington location is needed if you are lobbying, holding press events, or investing in America by buying Congressme...
29/12/2022

"A Washington location is needed if you are lobbying, holding press events, or investing in America by buying Congressmen. [Libertarians] aren’t. [...] Meanwhile, the overpriced D.C. location costs a small fortune, much of which could have been redirected to more valuable ends."

Where we were, a decade ago: The second quick fix: The overpriced D.C. location (then in the Watergate Building) must go. Immediately, or as soon as practicable. A Washington location is needed if you are lobbying, holding press events, or investing in America by buying Congressmen. We aren't. Lobby...

We want to hear from you! Third Party Watch is always looking for tips, stories, and submissions. We accept opinion piec...
14/12/2022

We want to hear from you! Third Party Watch is always looking for tips, stories, and submissions. We accept opinion pieces, news tips, and original articles about third parties and independent candidates. More information at link:

We want to hear from you! Third Party Watch is always looking for tips, stories, and submissions. We accept opinion pieces, news tips, and original articles about third parties and independent candidates. Please submit all information using the form below, and an editorial team member will contact y...

PHILLIES: "What should the LNC uniquely be doing?"
13/12/2022

PHILLIES: "What should the LNC uniquely be doing?"

Which tasks are uniquely appropriate for the National Committee? One task, and only one, is specified in the Bylaws. Other tasks can be inferred from the mandate in Article Three of the Party Bylaws. Some tasks are reasonably sent to the National Party because they are huge, critical, and only…

PHILLIES: "Candidate support, volunteer mobilization, all those activities that look like you could skip them for a bit?...
12/12/2022

PHILLIES: "Candidate support, volunteer mobilization, all those activities that look like you could skip them for a bit? Those activities are the reasons that we exist. If we aren’t doing them, if we aren’t supporting candidates, mobilizing volunteers, advertising the libertarian message…we aren’t doing anything."

We'll start with activities every Libertarian group including the LNC should be doing. We'll identify some of these as Mission Critical Activities, some as Important Activities, and a few as Worthwhile Activities. There are absolutely critical activities like fund raising, membership recruitment, an...

How do we find an answer? Step one is to turn over a new page, a blank page that we will fill in. Then ask what the Libe...
12/12/2022

How do we find an answer? Step one is to turn over a new page, a blank page that we will fill in. Then ask what the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) should be doing. That's "what," not the "how should we do it?"

A strategic analysis applicable to any third party, though focused on the Libertarians.I am lifting much text from my book Libertarian Renaissance, written in 2010. What is to be done? The answer is phrased for the Libertarian Party, but much of the advice works equally well for the Revolutionary Ve...

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