Indiana Libertarian Party holds Presidential debate - And. . .
Even with Mike Gravel at the microphone, it was nearly impossible for the Libertarian party to drum up any media coverage for an Indiana presidential debate in late April. Looking at the video and judging by the smattering of applause, there were not many in the immediate audience either.
I post this as commentary on how difficulty it is for third party candidates to take part in the national dialogue and how staging debates that matter is still reserved for major party presidential candidates. There have been scores of televised political debates in North Carolina this year, for Governor and Lt. Governor Candidates for both parties, in what are very competitive races, but they too cannot break through.
Rock the Debates is conducting an Internet campaign to encourage major party candidates to debate third-parties, but they have no traction either. You may find their video campaign interesting, sort of a "drive-by-video" effort to sham mainstream candidates into inclusive debates.
