I haven't gotten very far into the article, although I will finish it in a minute. What I find entertaining so far is that these two young guys -- who are self-evidently in the young demographic they talk about -- are Republicans. Why not give up a dying battle and join all of the other people your age? It baffles me that anyone that age can still be a Republican, I guess.
A little googling says Bret Jacobson is a libertarian. I'm guessing he's a Republican because they have a snowball's chance of winning elections. I kind of hope there are many more like him. More dissent in the Republican party means the Democrats are at less of a disadvantage for having a more heterogeneous base.
Libertarian has become meaningless in a modern political context it sometimes means socially moderate republican but most of the time it just means republican.
A lot of people who identify as being Libertarian have no idea what it actually means. They take the most common definition that is currently thrown about (socially liberal, fiscally conservative) and apply it to themselves. I would love to hear what they really think about libertarian ideas and literature.
I fall into the left-libertarian/Situationist camp most of the time but I am politically promiscuous when it comes to friendships. I used to be able to find common ground with Right-Libertarians on issues such as racism, war and civil rights. Now a days not so much. Glenn Beck calls himself a libertarian. I am not a fan of classic libertarianism but it is a bit sad when a word completely loses its meaning.
Well, if you picture the two political parties as large ships, I imagine that they are trying to redirect their ship elsewhere. Unfortunately they (being the young Republicans) are not in charge of the ship, the older, upper echelon of Republicans are. I think they find more value in righting the ship than in starting one of their own, or trying to join a new ship with entirely different views (the SS Democrat). Do I agree with their views? No, but I'd much rather discuss and compromise with this young group of Republicans than I would with their predecessors.