Gary Johnson: “I Hope to be the Libertarian Nominee'

Former Gov. Gary Johnson, R-NM, looks set to make another run at the White House on the Libertarian line. 

Johnson told Truth in Media last week that he expected to run again but would not enter the race any time soon. After making little progress running for the Republican nomination, Johnson joined the Libertarians and pulled just less than 1 percent of the popular vote in the 2012 general election. 

Taking to Truth in Media, Johnson said he wasn’t going to run as a Libertarian as this time but will enter the race. 

“There’s no real advantage to getting out there at this point,” Johnson said. “You’ve got the Republicans that are sucking all the air out of the room, and for that matter, same with the Democrats.

“I hope to be the Libertarian nominee and I hope to be able to be the voice of what I think is the philosophy of most Americans, which speaking with a broad brush stroke, is being fiscally responsible and socially liberal- the definition of a classic liberal which I think most of us in this country falls in that category,” Johnson added.