Most libertairian hopeful besides Paul and Johnson

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Besides Paul and Johnson, who is the most libertairian 2012 hopeful?

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Mitch Daniels might be the least offensive candidate to libertarianism (minus the VAT stuff).

[sparkey]

Does this count third party and independent candidates? If so, I believe that Wayne Allyn Root has already announced his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination. Whoever the Libertarian Party nominates will almost certainly be the most libertarian candidate on the ballot in the general election. Jesse Ventura has also talked about running before, and he's fairly libertarian, but I don't see him actually running this time.

Among the Republicans, though? That's a tough one; Johnson and Paul are really the two potential libertarian standard bearers. DeMint is libertarian-ish in that he's quite fiscally conservative, but he's still not a libertarian, because he's reeeeally socially conservative. If he runs (big if, I doubt he does), he's still probably the answer to your question among the Republicans. I don't really see a libertarian streak in any of the others. Daniels? Palin? Pfft.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Does this count third party and independent candidates? If so, I believe that Wayne Allyn Root has already announced his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination. Whoever the Libertarian Party nominates will almost certainly be the most libertarian candidate on the ballot in the general election. Jesse Ventura has also talked about running before, and he's fairly libertarian, but I don't see him actually running this time.

Among the Republicans, though? That's a tough one; Johnson and Paul are really the two potential libertarian standard bearers. DeMint is libertarian-ish in that he's quite fiscally conservative, but he's still not a libertarian, because he's reeeeally socially conservative. If he runs (big if, I doubt he does), he's still probably the answer to your question among the Republicans. I don't really see a libertarian streak in any of the others. Daniels? Palin? Pfft.

     Gary Johnson & Ron Paul are both far more libertarian than Wayne Allyn Root, though either of them being nominated is prohibitively unlikely.

[Phony Moderate]

Rudy Giuliani.

[Zarn]

Not Giuliani...
Not Romney...
Not Huckabee...
Not Palin...
Not Gingrich...

The big names are all anti-libertarian.

[tpfkaw]

Rudy Giuliani.

HAHAHANO.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Rudy Giuliani.

HAHAHANO.

Don't feed the troll.

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Unfortunately Howard Dean ruled out a run.

[Zarn]

You know, I'm running for president.

[Eraserhead]

*crickets chirp*

[Joe Republic]

Seeing "hopeful" in the same sentence as "Paul and Johnson" in the context of a presidential election is one of the more pitiful things a political observer can see.  It almost evokes an image of two hobos rummaging through an old dumpster hoping to someday find a briefcase containing a million dollars.

[Zarn]

*crickets chirp*

Wormguy might vote for me.

[Badger]

One who actually thinks government intrusion into reproductive rights, marriage between consenting adults, competent end of life decisions, and having schools prosiltyze rather than teach is the real definition of big government? None to speak of.

One who believes the epitome of limiting big government is to keep taxes on the rich and corporations low, strip environmental and consumer safety protections, and making sure big business can buy and sell polticians with impunity? More than one can count.