Founded in 1991, the Republican Liberty Caucus works to advance the principles of limited government, free markets and individual liberty within the Republican Party.

RLC Forms Presidential Endorsement Committee

By Aaron - July 13, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Filed under Elections , Presidential

Yesterday the RLC created a Presidential Endorsements Committee under RLC At-Large Board member Aleq Boyle.

The goals of the committee are to review presidential candidates, take member input, and make recommendations on what actions — if any — to take moving forward.

The RLC has not endorsed any presidential candidate since 1996, when we endorsed Steve Forbes.

Our Bylaws purposefully make it difficult to endorse a candidate for president of the United States and the RLC has traditionally focused on state and local races instead.

Rule 5.D. of the RLC Bylaws states, “Candidate for President of the United States may be endorsed by the Caucus by a 2/3 vote of the active and voting Chartered state’s executive committees. The national Secretary shall notify all Chartered states of a favorable national board proposal for endorsement and state executive officers shall inform the Secretary of the approval or denial by their executive committee within 60 days.”

The chairman of the committee, Mr. Boyle, has more than 20 years of experience in GOP politics. You may contact him if you are interested in providing feedback to the committee.

Only RLC members’ opinions are valued in this process, so please join our organization if you have not yet done so.

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect official positions of the RLC.
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  1. netwalker said:
    On July 13th, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    I have to be honest… when I think of ‘Republican’ and ‘liberty’ I think of one person: Ron Paul, who has made it his life work to protect the liberties of We the People.

  2. Eric Rowe said:
    On July 13th, 2011 at 7:24 pm

    I can understand sitting it out and endorsing nobody. But I can’t fathom endorsing anyone other than Ron Paul.

  3. romacox said:
    On July 13th, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    Ron Paul has been the only candidate to accurately predict the economy, and to provide accurate solutions. 

  4. Steve said:
    On July 13th, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    As long as both Ron Paul and Gary Johnson are seeking the Presidency, I don’t see any advantage to the movement as a whole to endorse one over the other.  Maybe put out a statement, “While we can have internal disagreements over our preference, these two stand head and shoulders above the rest of the field, and the RLC recommends a vote for either one.”

  5. netwalker said:
    On July 14th, 2011 at 12:39 pm

    Gary Johnson is a true patriot, no doubt about it. But they need to throw their weight behind Ron Paul as he actually has a chance of winning this time.