Sinatra Challenges Ron Paul

by Liberty and Power

Cynthia Sinatra is challenging Ron Paul in the Republican primary. She has the support of her ex-husband, Frank Sinatra, Jr. Fortunately, it doesn't appear that she has much of a chance to beat the most libertarian member of Congress:

“I am tired of not having representation in Washington,” Sinatra said. “He has been ignoring what the people need in the district. His libertarian personal agenda has gotten in the way of the people who live in this district.”
Paul said any claims that he was not responsive to the needs of the district are “off the mark.” He does admit to being firm in his stance on reduced government spending — including controversial votes against funding for Katrina relief and the war in Iraq.
He is often on the “Nay” side of votes when it comes to many federal spending bills, even those that include funding for projects back home.

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Jeff Riggenbach - 3/7/2006

Of course, libertarians *are* leftists, if being a liberal makes one a leftist, because libertarians are paleoliberals. And frankly, I don't see how winning elections as a representative of a party that stands for the exact opposite of one's actual convictions demonstrates the "practicality" of running for office with libertarian ideas.

David T. Beito - 3/7/2006

I disagree. On balance, his tenure in in congress has been beneficial.

He serves as a useufl illustration for the general public of someone doesn't have to be a leftist to be antiwar. Moreover, his election victories refute that the claim (at least in a small way) that people with "impractical" libertarian ideas can't win elections and be popular with the voters over the long haul.

Jeff Riggenbach - 3/6/2006

On balance, I wonder whether Ron Paul's presence in Congress has done anything at all for the libertarian movement. The main thing his time in office seems to have accomplished is lending further credibility to the idea that libertarians are merely another kind of conservative and that libertarians properly belong in the Republican Party. This point of view only serves to ensure that the libertarian movement will never get anywhere in American politics.