The point isn't even really about libertarian ideology; it would've been about having a president better than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, as both Johnson and Weld undoubtedly would've been. Weld would've been a stronger candidate than Johnson because Weld could've secured in Mitt Romney's backing in June or July, prevented the whole McMullin thing from coming about, and used the added notoriety to be able to make it into the debates (even Johnson briefly hit double-digits in the polling average in August; Weld was much more charismatic, a better speaker, and could've had much more powerful friends; he would've made it).
At that point, well, Weld has always been a terrific debater, going back to the Massachusetts days. I doubt he could've won the election (though the possibility isn't excluded), but he could've at least made it an actual three-way race.
Johnson was a terrible candidate, but I doubt anyone could have done better as a Libertarian than he did.
except Bernie is the opposite of a Libertarian , so theres no way they should have run that type of campaign .
What a third party should have done was to get Kasich ,Bloomberg to run independent and have Jim Webb as their VP. That ticket would have forced the election to the house where Kasich/Webb or Bloomberg/Webb wins .
As for the Libertarians they should have had Gary run a campaign more resembling Governor Johnson then an Ron Paul campaign. This would have given him credibility as reasonable among the upper middle class voters who swung to hillary , and many of the small government conservatives who didnt like trump but held their nose and voted for him.
