I'd love to see Jim Ostrowski step forward and try like he did in 1994. A stalwart of the movement and no stranger to politics, Jim could splatter a serious piece of humble pie into the faces of the nut job lackeys of the donkeys and elephants. His broad range of knowledge, professional capacity as a lawyer and tireless pursuit of all thing libertarian could ignite theupstate freedom movement. Who knows how many in the big apple itself ?

Unfortunately, I don't see Jim doing this. I spent a long drive with Jim last March down to Poughkeepsie (and back) and I think it's safe to say he won't try it again. Without getting too personal into his life or means, it's sufficient to say that his focus on family and profession at this point in his life is more important than a quixotic run at the head guy job in New York. I spoke with Jim this weekend and he's not interested in running for office.

However, I am urging Warren Redlich to pick up his shield, mount his high horse and charge those windmills. Warren has all the credentials and qualifications that I've listed previously and he also holds public office as a town board member in Guilderland, NY. He's run for Congress twice in a hopelessly Democratic district like Albany. He's helped me multiple times during my campaigns on a pro bono basis. He's smart, funny and media savvy. While Warren does have ties to the Republican party as such, he's by no means a favorite son. If anything he's a bit of a pariah. He likes and understands freedom too much.

Another release from the Center for Libertarian Press Information.

Two in one day . . . whew !

The latest from the CLiPr crew.

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Hello Faithful Supporters,

First...a big THANK YOU to each of you from the campaign!

As you all have seen, heard & read, Eric's candidacy was cut short by a cabal of GOP backed lawyers interested in limiting the voices heard in Washington. Because of their actions, he has had to endure legal threats & incurred a lot of debt by personally bailing out the campaign to make sure the vendors we worked with were all made whole; it's the honorable way to do business.

As a third party candidate, he hasn't been able to rely on campaign "soft money" from big corporate party sponsors. This has been a grass roots, self funded exercise in the expansion of old-school democracy.

Eric also hasn't had the luxury of raising your taxes to fund his campaign. He has put himself in significant personal debt.

If your personal situation allows you to do so, please help us defray the costs of this exercise in the expansion of freedom.

Please go to: http://www.Sundwall4Congress.org and click on the PayPal link.

With sincere thanks!!

John.

I posted a response to this Observer article. It's worth mentioning here to.

This is one of the reasons the LP has so much trouble in NY. Next year we'll be faced with the prospect of producing a candidate for governor who represents either a compromise of party values in order to get the magic number to qualify as a 'party' (50K - even then it's a crap shoot . . . most voters invest in their heart strings and pocket books before long term strategic electoral value) or we'll run one of our faithful, who will be buried in obscurity, no money or name recognition.

The ballot qualified parties (WFP, Conservative & Independence) will gladly squander their opportunity to produce an independent candidate who speaks to their party's 'ideas/interests'. This in order to gain a little influence for some of the key party members, usually in the form of some patronage for delivering the votes.