Interesting. Wrong.

Some dude at the Cincinnati Enquireroutlined a fairly libertarian (small l) argument over "what needs to be done" with regard to gas prices, and agrees with whoever wrote the article that he's commenting on that a third party ought to come in and push the issue. He follows that up with this:

Unfortunately, our potential third parties, the Libertarian and Green parties, have let us down. They are strictly national parties. They simply have not developed the local and state political structures needed to support a national party.

Neither the Libertarian nor Green party has any candidates with the political track records or name recognition that comes from working your way up through local and state politics. They have a very long way to go.

Now, ignoring the glaring self-contradiction in this and moving onto what I think he meant, he's wrong. The OHLP has several officeholders in local positions and is launching a strong campaign for governor.

I couldn't find a way to contact either him or the Enquirer about the article, but if anyone can, please do so and inform him that he does have a viable choice when voting.