"Romney was the most libertarian candidate Republicans have run since Calvin Coolidge"
So, why were the "Libertarians" so against Romney?
Small minds always leap to the answers given the last time around, which is probably why Maxine Waters keeps getting re-elected. But the last time is not necessarily the same as this time. A terrorist attack is not the same as the Cold War, a war in Afghanistan is not the same as a war in Iraq, and Mitt Romney is not the same as John McCain or Bob Dole.
But since the election, many conservatives seem to be coalescing around the explanation for our defeat given by Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots, who said: "What we...
Clearly, Romney's choice to distance himself from the social conservatives was not enough for the "left libertarians." The "right libertarians" probably disliked him for most of the same reasons why most conservatives were not enthusiastic about him.