From the
New Mexico Independent - by
Mary Tuma - “The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs,” former two-term New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson told an audience in Austin Sunday. “It’s a contest right now.” Described as the ‘
next Ron Paul,’ the potential 2012 presidential candidate appears to be cultivating that voice during
his visits to more than 30 states since December. Johnson’s trip to Texas coincides with a national book tour by newly re-elected Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whose own White House ambitions are the
subject of speculation among the national media. Hosted by the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas, Johnson stopped in Austin Sunday to talk about his dissatisfaction with excessive federal spending, health care and immigration policy, while advocating for the decriminalization of marijuana among a crowd of Libertarians, tea partiers and conservative Republicans disenchanted with the current GOP. He heads next to Houston and Dallas during his Texas trip. Johnson’s tour is meant to spread the message of his nonprofit organization, the
OUR America Initiative, a national advocacy committee focused on issues like lowering the federal deficit and combating the War on Drugs. Johnson said his nonprofit affiliation stops him from giving a direct answer to his presidential aspirations, but fielded hypothetical questions — with the ease and preparedness of a 2012 hopeful — about what direction he would take federal policy if elected president.
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Gary Johnson brings libertarian message to Texas
From the New Mexico Independent - by Mary Tuma - “The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs,” former two-term New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson told an audience in Austin Sunday. “It’s a contest right now.” Described as the ‘next Ron Paul,’ the potential 2012 presidential candidate appears to be cultivating that voice during his visits to more than 30 states since December. Johnson’s trip to Texas coincides with a national book tour by newly re-elected Texas Gov. Rick Perry, whose own White House ambitions are the subject of speculation among the national media. Hosted by the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas, Johnson stopped in Austin Sunday to talk about his dissatisfaction with excessive federal spending, health care and immigration policy, while advocating for the decriminalization of marijuana among a crowd of Libertarians, tea partiers and conservative Republicans disenchanted with the current GOP. He heads next to Houston and Dallas during his Texas trip. Johnson’s tour is meant to spread the message of his nonprofit organization, the OUR America Initiative, a national advocacy committee focused on issues like lowering the federal deficit and combating the War on Drugs. Johnson said his nonprofit affiliation stops him from giving a direct answer to his presidential aspirations, but fielded hypothetical questions — with the ease and preparedness of a 2012 hopeful — about what direction he would take federal policy if elected president. Read more
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