Third Party Watch (2026)

14/04/2023

ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would've done this sort of analysis years ago, would've presented its analysis and underlying rationale to our Party’s members as a strategic plan, and would've led by example in putting the Plan into effect."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

13/04/2023

ICYMI: "Supporters of any third-party political group would usefully read this volume to see what has been done in the past, and perhaps to avoid re—inventing the square wheel by making mistakes that have been made repeatedly beforehand."

This 2004 volume recounts a half-century of American political history, focused entirely on the technology used to advance conservative and liberal politics. This is not a tirade attacking one side or the other, it is a recounting of how various technical means were used to move American politics in...

13/04/2023

ICYMI: "Many people are not interested in donating an evening a month to a talking shop. The same people will donate much more than an evening a month, if they see that their time is being spent in a constructive and effective manner."

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups Above All, Remember The Objective of a Political Party is To Elect Its Candidates to Political Office and thereby put its agenda into effect. To attain this objective, we need to build a strong party perform needed housekeepi...

12/04/2023

ICYMI: "A substantial task for all Libertarians at every level of the party is to incite activists to run for office and to support their fellow Libertarians in running for office. In the end, putting the Libertarian agenda into effect requires winning elections."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

11/04/2023

ICYMI: "A capable leadership of our party would have done this sort of analysis years ago, would have presented its analysis and underlying rationale to our Party’s members as a strategic plan, and would have led by example in putting the Plan into effect."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

11/04/2023

ICYMI: "A significant advantage of the conservative movement in the period leading up to Reagan was that it had, funded by direct mail, a New Right strategy group that was outside elected politics. It provided leadership that elected Republican politicians did not."

This 2004 volume recounts a half-century of American political history, focused entirely on the technology used to advance conservative and liberal politics. This is not a tirade attacking one side or the other, it is a recounting of how various technical means were used to move American politics in...

10/04/2023

ICYMI: "Incitement is the task of persuading members of our party to stand up by running for office and by offering their time and talent as volunteers. Without volunteers, our party will not go very far."

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups Above All, Remember The Objective of a Political Party is To Elect Its Candidates to Political Office and thereby put its agenda into effect. To attain this objective, we need to build a strong party perform needed housekeepi...

10/04/2023

ICYMI: "To be successful, the Libertarian party must create or capture corresponding special interest PACs that speak for causes while simultaneously aiding Libertarian candidates and state parties."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

07/04/2023

"'This is the Local Organization Strategy, isn't it? Doesn't that mean that you want to get rid of the national party organization?' [...] The assertion that a local organization program would eliminate the corresponding national party is a base canard and has no other basis."

Local Organization -- A National Party's Role Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 50 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would lack a strategy. It is now 2023, not 1972. This letter discu...

06/04/2023

We cannot see the exact path that will give us a victory for your party in our lifetimes. We can, however, identify circumstances that would exist as part of a victorious party machine.

Letters on Political Strategy #4 Strategic Objectives for All Party Groups Above All, Remember The Objective of a Political Party is To Elect Its Candidates to Political Office and thereby put its agenda into effect. To attain this objective, we need to build a strong party perform needed housekeepi...

06/04/2023

"This letter presents an example of strategic planning and analysis. [...] The analysis also demonstrates what our national leadership should have been doing over the past half-decade to assist us in achieving the Libertarian future."

This letter was written for Libertarians, but it applies with minor changes to all other third parties: Strategic Planning is not a new idea. Successful businessmen have been doing strategic planning for millennia. 25 years ago, it was understandable that the newly-founded Libertarian Party would ha...

29/12/2022

"A Washington location is needed if you are lobbying, holding press events, or investing in America by buying Congressmen. [Libertarians] aren’t. [...] Meanwhile, the overpriced D.C. location costs a small fortune, much of which could have been redirected to more valuable ends."

Where we were, a decade ago: The second quick fix: The overpriced D.C. location (then in the Watergate Building) must go. Immediately, or as soon as practicable. A Washington location is needed if you are lobbying, holding press events, or investing in America by buying Congressmen. We aren't. Lobby...

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