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So, you challenge is to make the Constitution Party a US Political Party that gets electoral votes in the Presidential Race, and seats in the house and senate. How would this be possible.
A possible point of departure would be to have Ron Paul run Third Party in 2008.So, you challenge is to make the Constitution Party a US Political Party that gets electoral votes in the Presidential Race, and seats in the house and senate. How would this be possible.
If the libertarians and constitution party were to merge it would fall appart immediately the progressive libertarians wouldn't be too fond of the religious aspects of the constitution party and the more religious in the constitution party would not be too hot on the seperation of church and state that is so importaint to many libertarians.Entirely possible that the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party at least temporarily merge into another organisation --For the purpose of discussion, let's call it "The Liberty Alliance"-- and are joined by Libertarian-minded Republicans who are disgusted with the direction of the Republican Party.
Then the Constitution party Socio-cons take control of the leadership.
Of course, while it has a heavy religious emphasis, the Constitution party OTL is NOT monolithic. It is usually composed of Evangelical Protestants, but in my home state, it is largely a party of Conservative Roman Catholics.
Now if you have a POD that allows for electoral fusion you could have Paul accept both nominations and do quite well.
Already recent precedent for such an event in the formation of the TEA parties --plural, it's important.If the libertarians and constitution party were to merge it would fall appart immediately the progressive libertarians wouldn't be too fond of the religious aspects of the constitution party and the more religious in the constitution party would not be too hot on the seperation of church and state that is so importaint to many libertarians.
Now if you have a POD that allows for electoral fusion you could have Paul accept both nominations and do quite well.
Pnyckqx, I suggest you look up the CP's platform. It is very explicit in stating that it's goal is the mixing of state and religion.
Source.Constitution Party Platform:
Religious FreedomArticle I of the Bill of Rights reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."We call upon all branches of government to cease their attacks on the religious liberties of the people and the states, regardless of the forum in which these liberties are exercised.
Our Constitution grants no authority to the federal government either to grant or deny the religious expressions of the people in any place. Both the First and Tenth Amendments forbid such tyranny.
We assert that any form of taxation on churches and other religious organizations is a direct and dangerous step toward state control of the church. Such intrusion is prohibited by the Constitution and must be halted.
We assert that private organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, can determine their own membership, volunteers, and employment based on their oaths and creeds.
Source.
There is nothing in that statement that calls for a theocratic rule of any group or any sort.
What individuals chose to do, they do.
DISCLAIMER: i am NOT a member of the Constitution Party or in agreement with the totality of their platform.
Again, i don't think that this would be the issue of contention between Libertarians and Constitutionalist.
Rather, the main area of concern would be the justifications that the Constitution Party uses for many of it's points. They're appealing to the harm to society of many of the things they oppose.
That's the same reasoning that banned certain food products in different areas of the country.
Of course moral arguments have recently shown up in present OTL campaigns. Perhaps you've heard the expression of how "it is immoral for government to inflate the currency"?
That's no more incriminating than the Declaration of Independence.From your source, in the Preamble: "the goal of the Constitution Party is to restore American jurisprudence to it's biblical foundations".