he's a libertarian but maybe im wrong. but at least he's doing something other than most whining and crying democrats. if you're upset with democrats join the socialist or socialist worker party. skip the green party...it offers a bit too much freedom for most alterneties to be happy with it.

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We (alternet readers) may have some disagreements with the Libertarians, but they most certainly wouldn't support an unprovoked war the way the Democrats have. Nor would they send droves of people to prison for non-violent offenses. The Libertarian party is looking better and better to me as Hillary keeps pulling out every dirty trick she can muster.

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The field of candidates this year was crowded & he got marginalized between Hillary & anyone of the candidate(s) looked like they could get more voters than Hillary in November against the Republican nominee. McCain can get to sit back & watch Hillary & Obama ruin each other's chances at getting elected. Unless he REALLY messes it up between now & November Democrats are going to have trouble beating him. Unless McCain picks Ron Paul or similar quality, I'd either write in Ron Paul or vote Libertarian! When the choice is between a neocon Republican & the two choices the Democrats are left with, what other choice is there for the principled voter? I'd like the war over & any 'victimless crimes' to be a thing of the past! Ron Paul is simply the best choice we have had in a LONG TIME. If any candidate picks Ron Paul for VP then I'd vote that for ticket. NO MORE neocons or nannies for President. (Vote somebody smart for a change is the 'change' I'd want to see!)

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Very sad. The best of the democratic party is being driven away. How long will Dennis Kucinich stick with the rotting carcass that the party has become?

I voted libertarian for years because the democrats offered little to no resistance to reagan in the 1980's. They went along with his war on drugs which resulted in this so called "free" country having the highest per capita prison population. We surpassed South Africa in 1989 to become number one! Clinton spent a good bit more on the war on drugs than reagan and bush I. The democrats for the most part went along with all the needless defense spending that went on in the 1980's too.

I've been calling the two headed corporate monsters , demopublicans and republicrats for over twenty years now.

Maybe Mike Gravel can help move the libertarian party to the left some. They've been losing my support because I feel they are being corrupted by right wingers who are most concerned with business instead of civil liberties.

I wholeheartedly support the libertarian stances on civil liberties but can not agree on the slashing of social services and the worshiping of business. As I figured all along at least the libertarians get one thing right. I can't say the same for the democrats.

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Gravel states: ...the Democratic Party "no longer represents my vision for our great country."

"It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism - all of which I find anathema to my views,..."

Truer words have not been spoken. I may not be far behind him.

I definitely would be gone in a heartbeat if a true charismatic progressive would try to build a viable third party like Teddy Roosevelt did.

I know one thing, it is very likely I will vote third party for the first time in my life. I can't be alone in that feeling.

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Sounds like his comments are aimed at republicans, especially the military industrial complex.

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Gravel, Kucinich, Paul and Nader all have distinguished themselves from the corruption of the electoral process. The libertarians might seem to be extreme by last decade's standards, but the kind of end to US interventionism and reinvestment of war money into the domestic economy that Paul described, is strong but essential medicine if we are to salvage a republic.

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