Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson could make the debates!

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES SUGGESTS LIBERTARIAN PARTY CANDIDATE MIGHT APPEAR IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

Source: Dateline Zero

According to US News, Janet Brown from the Commission on Presidential Debates has hinted that former Gov. Gary Johnson could make it to the presidential debates, appearing along the Republican Party and Democrat Party candidates.

There are 3 criteria for getting into the presidential debates, and Gary Johnson fulfills 2 of them. The final criteria is to pull at least 15% in selected polling. The Johnson campaign website —garyjohnson2012.com — currently has a landing page promoting the possibility is fulfilling the final criteria.

The first two criteria are the age and nationality requirement; and the requirement that the candidate’s name “appear on enough state ballots to have at least a mathematical chance of securing an Electoral College majority in the 2012 general election.”

Gary Johnson was also on Fox News talking about this with Neil Cavuto this week. “The only scenario under which I win is if I’m actually in the debates,” Johnson said.

Johnson rejected the charge that he would only take votes away from Mitt Romney: “I’m going to take equally from both sides and then I’m going to take from a group in the middle that ordinarily don’t vote. What I’m trying to tap into right now is the fact there are more people in this country that call themselves libertarian than vote libertarian. So I’m asking everybody in that category to actually vote libertarian with me this one time, and let’s really try and make a change.”

Johnson also added that, if he makes the debates, he would be the only candidate on stage that “doesn’t want to bomb Iran,” wants to bring the troops home from Afghanistan “now,” and wants to repeal the Patriot Act. He also said he would be the only who really wants to balance the federal budget now — including reforming entitlement programs — and replace the current income tax rate system with a consumption tax, or Fair Tax.

“So, I hope I’m on stage because, otherwise, I don’t know if it ends up being a debate,” he said.