◼ "I think the Republican National Committee has hung me out to dry," he said. "I'm angry. Really angry." - St. Petersburg Times
(T)he wildly popular former two-term governor of New Mexico, who lost part of his toe to frostbite climbing Mount Everest on a broken leg, has been excluded from 15 of 17 presidential debates.
The 58 year old who was elected governor in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 has virtually disappeared from major political polling. The governor who got rid of 1,200 state employees, vetoed 750 bills and left New Mexico with a billion-dollar budget surplus is not Republican enough for the GOP.
"They won't return my calls," he said.
◼ Report: Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM) May Announce Switch to Libertarian Party - Mike LaRoche at Gateway Pundit
