On May 21, former Massachusetts Governor William Weld, who is seeking the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential nomination, posted on facebook a criticism of Ohio Governor John Kasich, concerning Kasich’s record on ballot access for new and minor political parties. Weld wrote, “I am now aware that Governor Kasich has taken actions to make ballot access in Ohio much more difficult and costly for Libertarians. At no point did I have any knowledge about efforts to restrict ballot access. Of course, we all need to fight for ballot access in every state, including helping raise the funds necessary for that effort. You have my word that I will help ensure ballot access – and I’m a pretty good fighter.”
The Weld message is mostly directed at Libertarian Party members, but it is a public statement made to a general audience.
Why should I believe he’s sincere when he pulled out of the New York Governor’s race as a Libertarian.
ALL party hack State Guvs are part of the major problem.
NONPARTISAN elections of ALL elected executive officers and all judges —
using App.V. — pending Number Votes
So Weld endorses people without looking into their records?
Let’s hope that LP delegates spend more time looking into the record of candidates for our party’s presidential and vice presidential nominations than Mr. Weld does when he endorses candidates.
Warren Redlich for VP!
Gov. Weld is an aging joke with issues. He’s a dinosaur with a red face.
These families aligned in Wall Street at one firm: White, Weld, Janeway, Montgomery..
White, Weld & Company failed over many years and was sold to Merrill Lynch for $50 million and a guarantee to protect four with these names. The age of the Old White-Brown Shoe legacy brat is fading. The age of the Boston icon passed ages ago.
Saltonstall, Putnam, Cabot, Forbes, Perkins, Lodge, even tag ends of the Kennedy menagerie, all gone. Dukakis was regarded as silly. The only state that voted McGovern is sputtering with Liz Warren, a frenetic loser.
David Weld will vanish.
Correction: David Weld was a relative, a managing partner of White, Weld.. William Weld was the governor.