FSP Articles exploding on the Web

by JJ Epic | Nov 3, 2012 | 5 comments

While the news is flooded with election coverage, the Free State Project is making waves.

Yahoo News, CNN and blogs are heating up with a story about how much pull liberty activists in New Hampshire are going to have over the swing state.   And its no wonder when you have quotes from President Obama like, “You guys are the epicenter,” he said. “You not only determine who our nominees are, you determine who our presidents are.”

Even sites like Politico.com are playing up the prominence of the Granite State’s sway with quotes like this:

“These four electoral votes right here could make the difference,” Obama warned the small crowd gathered at a Teamsters Hall, his first stop in the state. “We don’t know how this thing is going to play out.”

The free state of New Hampshire is home to more than 1100 liberty lovers many of whom are donating time to local and national campaign efforts.   Motivated partly by a desire to effect positive change and perhaps partly to disprove critics —  including this 26 page booklet — the activists are having a dramatic effect.

With only days left until election madness ends, calls are being put out for any amount of last minute help.  Campaigns of all colors are requesting more volunteers to make phone calls and remind like-minded countrymen to “get out and vote” or canvass yet another sought after district.   A sprint to the finish.

As with each of the last elections, this one begs to be the “most important election yet” and it won’t take no for an answer.  If the amount of political ads doesn’t convince you perhaps their tone will.

The Washington Post has a webpage devoted to tracking the spending race that is occurring behind the scenes and the numbers are staggering.  The graph shows more than $700 million spent on television advertising with nearly 90% of that spent on negative advertising.  Is that enough of a market signal for you?  To reiterate, 9 out of ten times you will see an ad that asks you not to vote for the other guy instead of an ad that promotes the benefits of why you should vote for this guy.

Perhaps the reason for the trending success of the liberty movement is the alternatives offered.  Perhaps the public is fed up with only two choices.  Tuesday will bring resolution to the clamor and with luck a moment of peace and quiet.