My understanding of Libertarianism is that it is also very big on separation of church and state and individual liberties, two things that do not have much support in the Repub platform of the current era. Repubs who call themselves Libertarian have alot of nerve.

Furthermore, true libertarianism would not protect the corporate interests as they like to be protected from consumers, their stock-holders, and community interests. There would be a lot more chaos in the business world under true Libertarianism, and the corporate interests would not like the unpredictability, not one bit. Neither, I suspect would the majority of citizens.

When asked honestly, without spin or personalities about most of the popular issues of the day, most Americans are somewhat left of what is currently considered "center." The Dems need to get back to THEIR home territory with solid positions and talking points and stop trying to be "Republican-lite" and the people will find them.