David Koch Bankrolling Gary Johnson's Presidential Bid

[swf541]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/19/exclusive-david-koch-pledges-millions-to-gary-johnsons-presidential-bid/

Pretty interesting curious what affect this will have.

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

He's the more libertarian brother, but so many view them as one and negatively - it's not really great to be associated with them especially millions of dollars worth.  I'd probably still vote for Johnson (assuming he is the nominee, there might be some fighting within the LNC too)

[Maxwell]

I don't think millions of dollars will be able to help Johnson's total inability to speak in public.

[Ronnie]

The Libertarian Party should just rename itself to "The Billionaires' and Clueless Teenagers' party"

[beaver2.0]

Hardly a surprise, though I would be interested in seeing a strong Libertarian bid.

[sparkey]

Not bad. Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think we've had Kochbucks since 1980, when they probably doubled the support of the LP candidate Ed Clark, including getting him over 10% in a state.

GJ still needs to get the nomination, though. There are definitely LP delegates who will look at Johnson's associations with Koch and Weld and view them as negatives.

[sparkey]

Apparently an important party in this deal isn't aware of it, though: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/libertarian-candidate-disputes-koch-funding-story/

[Vosem]

Big FF!

[Higgs]

Yuge HP, David is clearly the lower energy Koch.

[Heisenberg]

If anything, the Koch Brothers should focus on Senate races (NV, FL, OH, PA) instead.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

If anything, the Koch Brothers should focus on Senate races (NV, FL, OH, PA) instead.

The AFP network has a massive GOTV effort. They'll use that in those states (already are in WI). They can bankroll Johnson on the side.

[The Last Northerner]

This puts an end to the - 'if libertarians only help corporations, why don't corporations fund the libertarian party? defense.

[Young Conservative]

If anything, the Koch Brothers should focus on Senate races (NV, FL, OH, PA) instead.

Agreed

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This puts an end to the - 'if libertarians only help corporations, why don't corporations fund the libertarian party? defense.

Not really. They'll be back in the GOP column in a few years time.