There’s really only one reason why the still-ongoing talk of a libertarian alliance with liberal Democrats is pretty much nonsense:

You don’t need a political synthesis, if you think you are holding all the cards. This is where Brink, Will, and other Liberaltarians are kidding themselves. Today there are few in the Democratic Party or on the left that are even vaguely interested. There are no allies… There is no synthesis… There is no relationship… They are just not that into you. As it stands today, the liberaltarians are just libertarians playing with themselves. Nothing new there.

In other words, just as libertarian Republicans have found themselves invited to the dance only to be left holding a glass slipper, those who think that Democrats actually need libertarian support realize that it’s really just all about political power.

Now that the Democrats have the power, you don’t hear anything more from Kos or others on the left who seemed to be reaching out to libertarians.

Why ?

They don’t need us anymore.