Gary Johnson on scandals: Don’t let Obama (or Congress) off the hook

By Rob Nikolewski on May 23, 2013

(In light of the recent scandals involving the IRS targeting conservative groups and the Obama administration’s Justice Department seizing phone records from journalists, New Mexico Watchdog asked former two-term governor of New Mexico and 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson to offer his opinion on the controversies. Here’s Gov. Johnson’s response:)
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Gary Johnson at his alma mater: ‘Government doesn’t have the answers’

By Rob Nikolewski on April 10, 2013

Gary Johnson returned to the town where he grew up and to the university he graduated from on Monday night (April 8).
The former two-term governor of New Mexico and 2012 Libertarian Party candidate for president spoke at the University of New Mexico’s main campus in Albuquerque, espousing his political gospel of smaller government and greater personal [...]

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Gary Johnson to speak at U of New Mexico: ‘Debt greater threat than Iran or North Korea’

By Rob Nikolewski on April 7, 2013

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson takes his minimal government/maximum personal freedom message to his home state on Monday (April 8) when he speaks at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico.
The 2012 Libertarian Party candidate for president in 2012 started a “Live Free” college speaking tour last week and his speech at UNM [...]

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Gary Johnson announces college speaking tour starting in April

By Rob Nikolewski on March 8, 2013

Back in late January, we reported that former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson was getting back into the political fray with a speaking tour of college campuses across the country.
Now the schedule has been released and the former two-term governor of New Mexico who espouses the philosophy of smaller government (with a balanced budget) and [...]

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Gary Johnson reboots with libertarian non-campaign campaign

By Rob Nikolewski on February 1, 2013

It’s not a campaign, but Gary Johnson is back in the political game.
Starting in April, the 2012 Libertarian Party presidential nominee and former two-term governor of New Mexico told New Mexico Watchdog, his “Our America” initiative will kick off a series of speaking engagements across the country to spread his message of fiscal conservatism and [...]

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EXCLUSIVE: Gary Johnson contemplates bowing out of politics

By Rob Nikolewski on November 9, 2012

This could be end of the political road for Gary Johnson.
In an exclusive interview with Capitol Report New Mexico on Friday morning, the Libertarian Party candidate for president said, “If there’s no path to winning I’m really not” interested in pursuing another run for the presidency. “I’m not interested in duplicating what I’ve just done,” [...]

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CNN poll has Gary Johnson at 5% in Ohio, 4% in Colorado — hurts Obama more in CO

By Rob Nikolewski on November 3, 2012

Things are getting ultra-tight in the Barack Obama-Mitt Romney race and in the crucial battleground states of Ohio and Colorado, late polls indicate that Gary Johnson could end up affecting the outcome there.
Polls from CNN/ORC released on Friday (Nov. 2) show Johnson receiving 5 percent in Ohio and 4 percent in Colorado. What may be [...]

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Phoenix Radio Producer Explains His Vote for Gary Johnson

By Jim Scarantino on November 1, 2012

Phoenix radio producer Rob Hunter tells his audience why he voted for Gary Johnson for President.  Hunter is a swing voter.  He’s voted for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and John McCain.  He sat out the 2000 election.  He finds himself having to defend giving his vote to a Libertarian candidate instead of joining his [...]

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Obama supporters in Colorado worried about Gary Johnson – “Put out a spark before it grows into a fire”

By Rob Nikolewski on November 1, 2012

When Capitol Report New Mexico talked to Gary Johnson yesterday (Oct. 31), the Libertarian Party presidential candidate mentioned how Obama supporters in the liberal bastion of Boulder, Colo., staged an anti-Johnson rally.
“Some Democrats there came out in protest of me because I guess the pro-war, anti-marijuana college Democrats there think I’m taking votes away from [...]

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Analysis: What constitutes success for Gary Johnson’s presidential bid?

By Rob Nikolewski on October 31, 2012

Douglas MacArthur once said there is no substitute for victory.
And for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, that’s certainly the case. For them, there is no consolation in finishing a close second in this bruising and exhausting race for the White House.
But what about Gary Johnson? The Libertarian Party candidate and former two-term governor of New [...]

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