And, this seems a bit opportunistic of Lawson at this point. He gave it a great try in 2008 but got clobbered and now he has that stench on him. He lives in a Dem-held state House seat, why not try for that?
Good points, especially your last one. I personally asked BJ to consider forming a "tea party" like organization dedicated to replacing the horrid NC Legislature (Republicans almost as bad as Democrats in some districts) with candidates who know how to say "NO" to the Fed. He did not have a lot of interest in the issue.
Me? I think the future of politics and reform in the USA is local, and lies more in nullification and assertion of individual/state rights rather than the "Pickett's Charge" approach of trying to reform the unreformable in DC. That may come from my own political views which at times veer closer to anarchism, or at least anarchocapitalism, than what is referred to today as conservative. I recognize that FR is not a pulpit for Hayek/Mises stuff, and that rigid application of these ideas have implications not popular with the management, so I will leave that subject.
However, your idea about putting up good people for state legislature is wonderful. Getting the HORRIBLE Deborah Ross unseated (she has "Castle Doctrine" legislation bottled up in committee) would be a fabulous place to start. I can't run, because of a lot of baggage. Can you? Do you know of someone in her Raleigh District who could? I am a decent political organizer in my spare time, and a fair to middling fund raiser. I would go balls to the wall for someone who unseated this "little Pelosi."
Lawson lives in House 41 according to his registration, which is the swing district that Ty Harrell stepped down from a few months ago.