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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's closer; I'd say he's pretty much the small government version of Sanders or some version thereof. That is, some of the ideas are fine in theory but aren't workable.
For example, cutting the federal budget gradually to the point where there isn't a structural deficit? Fine. Just realize that'll take over a decade. His platform, instead, says "cut the budget 43% to bring it into balance". Doing that in a single Presidential term is batcrap insane and would probably be just as damaging as Trump's policies.
That said, in the interviews I have heard him in, he's really quick to say "that's a target, these things have to be passed through congress and will obviously be negotiated". So he does at least have some sense of reality.
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The Libertarian "base", if you can call it that, was quite upset at the Johnson/Weld ticket, as they are far too mainstream and conventional in their views. They are not radicals at all.