It looks obvious

Whenever I think that nothing will surprise me someone like Mike Gravel shows up and prove me wrong. The former Democrat Senator from Alaska and former candidate seeking the democratic nomination joined the Libertarian party. One of the reasons he gave for seeking the LP nomination is:

The fact is, the Democratic Party today is no longer the party of FDR.

Obviously, the "natural" choice from someone who seek the support of the Libertarian party is to claim the legacy of the President who has the “New Deal” and WWII tightly attached to his memory. This will guaranty a very short campaign….

But what can you expect from someone who is moving to the LP because he is tired of:

By and large, I have been repeatedly marginalized in both national debates and in media exposure by the Democratic leadership, which works in tandem with the corporate interests that control what we read and hear in the media.

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