re: Libertarian candidate joins 6th district race

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When people ask questions like this, it leads me to believe they don't understand Louisiana laws and elections. (Not trying to single you out, but just something I see brought up quite a bit).

Louisiana has open primaries. The GOP/conservative voters tend to complain about the structure and would rather go back to closed primaries, and there's certainly some merit to that argument.

However, one of the things about LA open primaries is that someone like this Libertarian candidate can jump into the race, and if he doesn't make it into the Top 2, he's gone. No vote-splitting in the runoff. Just EWE vs GOP candidate. One or the other.

So I welcome his candidacy. I just hope his campaign and supporters don't huff and puff and sit home if he's not on the ballot in the final round. Unless they'd turn-coat and vote for the felon. Then they ought to find something better to do on the runoff election da

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This. It allows me to vote my conscience in the first round and then vote for the lesser of two evils in the second round. It's like having your cake and eating it too. I think the open primary system is the most fair election system out there.

Also, having a libertarian in the race seals any chance for Edwards to win this thing in the primary due to the number of young voters who hate voting for the GOP, but who don't necessarily identify with the democrats and don't know Edwin's past. This HELPS the GOP, but it could hurt individual GOP candidates allowing a more establishment candidate like Graves to get an edge over "outsider" Dietzel. Claitor would be the wild card in all of this, but every single one of these candidates are nuts enough to be wild.