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The article could be subtitled “Why are the Republicans trying to lose to Obama by nominating someone other than Gary Johnson?”

…The GOP establishment gave us George W. Bush as a fait accompli during the 2000 primary season, and taste-makers in the conservative movement remain proud of having launched Sarah Palin’s career in national politics. Either the elites on the right should start alerting us to worthier leaders, or else the GOP rank-and-file should start looking elsewhere for inspiration. (Being a Gary Johnson partisan, I’d suggest Reason magazine, where writers seem more interested in advancing the careers of people who share their professed beliefs, as opposed to helping ciphers who’ll advance their agenda out of a combination of policy ignorance, malleability, and personal indebtedness.) At the moment, the best way to raise your profile in the GOP is to denounce the mosque and community center being planned a few blocks from Ground Zero. Is that the incentive structure the right wants?It remains to be seen what Barack Obama will do for the remainder of his term. And national politics tends to reveal previously unknown facts…

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A Man Who Deserves To Be Viable in 2012

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The Republican presidential field has gained a new entrant, though he’s not your typical White House aspirant, and the White House may not be a realistic destination for him. Fred Karger, a retired GOP strategist from California, has formed an exploratory committee in his home state and will soon begin raising money for a 2012 presidential bid.

…fiscal conservatism and small-government near-libertarianism have arisen as the impulses of the GOP base that Republican politicians feel most compelled to satisfy. Laura Bush’s acceptance of gay marriage was taken by some as a sign that perhaps President George W. Bush, privately, might accept it too. It’s a sometimes open, sometimes closeted support for gay rights within Republican ranks that Karger will seek to mobilize in late 2011 and early 2012.For now, the retired consultant is in talks with a fundraiser and, having formed the exploratory committee last week, can begin to raise money toward the presidential goal. Once he announces his candidacy, he will have to begin telling the Federal Election Commission just how much he’s raising, and we’ll see how successfully he can activate gay-rights supporters and tap their wallets toward his $5 to $6 million goal.And to that end, Karger appears to be utilizing his considerable political experience. If we see him on stage in late 2011, it will be a testament…

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Fred Karger: The Gay Republican Running for President

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