Libertarians have a distinct advantage in that we can find agreements with both sides of the aisle. We don't just win hearts of the right for our anti-tax economic stance; we flirt with the left with our anti-war, pro-civil liberty positions.
Alan Grayson is a staunch Progressive but, like Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader, he has a strong bond with libertarians on the issue of monetary policy, i.e. the Federal Reserve.
During his term in Congress, he spearheaded an effort for more transparency of the Fed by co-sponsoring the Federal Reserve Act of 2009, put limits on TARP, and grilled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on taxpayers' exposure to the dodgy derivatives market through bailouts and Fannie & Freddie.
Should libertarians support Grayson's return to congress based on his outspokenness on the Fed? Maybe. Recall what Mayer Amsched Rothchild, a powerful European banker and the subject of countless conspiracy theories, said in the 18th century:
"Permit me to issue and control the money of the nation and I care not who makes its laws."
Monetary policy is the stuff of American politics. Progressives, libertarians and every other ideology that aims to take a wrecking ball to the K-Street establishment ought to support Alan Grayson for Congress over any cookie-cutter Republican or Democrat.
