Another Libertarian Moment?: New at Reason

Are we about to witness another libertarian moment?

John Stossel writes:

Before the primaries, Time Magazine, frequent pusher of trends that do not exist, put Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) on its cover and called him the “most interesting man in politics.” Then Paul fizzled, and pundits said the “libertarian moment,” if there ever was one, had ended.

But Sen. Paul never ran as a libertarian. He ran as a libertarian-ish Republican, and he wasn’t particularly convincing when he got to speak in debates. Americans were unimpressed.

But now that, according to ElectionBettingOdds.com, the presidential race will be a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Americans may give libertarianism a second look.

My TV show recently held a debate between the Libertarian Party’s three leading presidential candidates. Compared to the Republican and Democratic contenders, the Libertarians sounded so reasonable to me.

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