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Tony_FLADEM

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 09:37 PM Oct 2012

Libertarians could be spoilers in key Senate races

Democratic hopes of maintaining a razor-thin Senate majority may hinge on an unexpected outside force: Libertarians.

In the battlegrounds of Montana, Arizona and Missouri, polls show the Libertarian nominee poised to siphon a fraction of the vote — a small fraction, but potentially enough to tip the outcome in a cliffhanger. And with the battle for the Senate shaping up to be a coin-flip proposition, no factor — not even fringe candidates with little more than a Libertarian label to propel their campaigns — is too insignificant to dismiss.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82379.html#ixzz29QDJrvrl

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Libertarians could be spoilers in key Senate races (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Oct 2012 OP
I hope so. PA has a Libertarian Johnson on the ballot for President, but I've never seen an ad. AlinPA Oct 2012 #1

AlinPA

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1. I hope so. PA has a Libertarian Johnson on the ballot for President, but I've never seen an ad.
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 09:42 PM
Oct 2012

All we have heard is how the republicans tried to get him off the ballot, but he won that battle.

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