Bruce did a great job! Please donate whatever you can to the Guthrie campaign and the Smither campaign. They may be the Libertarians' 2 best chances that ever were and will ever be.

He did a good job, but didn't seem to be too well rehearsed. Too much 'um' and 'ah'. Good debate, though.

Where is Mr. Guthrie on the candidate tracker?

The articles on the debate are very nice, but some answers and the coverage is surprising.

Would donations be better used in WA, TX, by the candidates or by the parties??
My hope would be that efforts in 2006 would build towards further steps in 2008. Ballot presence in state after state.
Emancipation can take generations.

If a Libertarian is elected (congrats to Ms. Chambers), that is most wonderful.
Thank you candidates.

Very good, however I think he should cut back on the use of two lines:

"We should bring back the troops as quickly as is consistent with their safety."

and

"I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative."

They're great statements, but repeating them over and over makes him sound like a bumper sticker candidate.

Geez, how can they justify having the qualification for the debate be the amount of money in the campaign? That's ridiculous. At the very most they should be looking at opinion polls and basing it off the percentage of support.

Although personally, I think that as long as someone has met the requirements to make it onto the ballot then that person deserves to be given equal access to things like debates, and the voters deserve to get equal access to that candidate.

Is that called a debate? They could have just as easily printed the question and answers in a newspaper for people to read. Someday I hope we'll have chance to really see candidates confront each other on issues.

To LPiberty. In my opinion the money is better spent by the candidates themselves. After being a member of the LP for over 20 years, it seems that the money donated to the LP is usually spent on software and mailings to get me to donate more money to the LP. And it's been that same circular motion for two decades. Now I only donate money to the candidates directly.

A clever way to overcome the money-raised-to-get- into-the-debate hurdle. Now, he can refuse to spend the money and pay back his loan! What do you want to bet that next time the hurdle will be something along the lines of "get at least $100 from 1000 contributors?"

To BPerry - Bruce's line is "Fiscally Responsible, Socially Tolerant" and yes, he has to say it as often as he can if he plans to get through the din and reach the voters. Bumper stickers slogans aren't a bad thing if the message leads voters to give us a closer look.

Good luck with the campaign!

I am a supporter of Guthrie in WA. Senate race.
It looks as though Cantwell will win with a slim majority over Republican candidate Mike McGavick.
As a conservative fiscially, I know if Cantwell does get re-elected spending will not be curbed.
McGavick may be fiscially conservative, but his stance on drugs is the same old same old, big gov, wasteful and inept "war on drugs".
This is why I will vote for Bruce Guthrie.
If Bruce doesn't win but takes votes away from Cantwell and McGavick wins I'll be happier than I would if Cantwell won.
Regardless, of who wins on Nov 7th, I myself on Nov 8 will be doing all I can to get the "war chest" mobilized for 2008 Prez elections as well as the next Senate race in WA, which I believe will be 2010.
As a Libertarian I'm convinced we must begin to look ahead to future elections and do everything in our power to strategize for the win then, now.

By the way, Bruce won the debate on the party ideas alone, regardless on his unrehearsed responses.
I thank Bruce for doing what he didn't have to do. The check is in the mail.