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Libertarian full slate sends multi-party message

Published 09/28/08

WASHINGTON — Libertarian Chairman Robert Johnson phoned around to his tiny party's sympathizers late last year, after being dispatched from an August picnic to corral congressional candidates against Maryland Democrats' near-monopoly.

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He asked the potential nominees three questions: "Are you against the war in Iraq? Are you against the Patriot Act? Are you against the war on drugs?" If the answers were yeses, members were invited to the party's convention in March for final vetting. About 20 candidates and party officials showed up at Squires, an Italian joint in east Baltimore.

Johnson managed to field a nearly full...

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