Here's a quick political exercise for you: To find the person who has the perfect political ideals, that one person whose views match yours to the utmost degree, go look in the mirror. Come back here when you're done.
Got that out of the way? Good. Now that you know where to find the
perfect candidate for any given office, we can talk about other options, the less-than-perfect candidates.
If you're a card-carrying, dues-paying Libertarian (or a little-l libertarian like me), you have to understand that there is
no such thing as a perfect libertarian. Well, other than that person you saw in the mirror. When it comes to promoting and defending liberty, we all have our own nuances that we put on the word "liberty" and so we all have different ideas of what a libertarian should believe in. Now, obviously, there's a limit to that. You can't think that the government should make every decision for you and still consider yourself a libertarian. But on the opposite end of the spectrum from "statist" there's still wiggle room. If you want "perfect" look in the mirror; otherwise, accept that you have to make compromises. Acceptable compromises, but compromises nonetheless.
With all that said, let me say that I consider myself the perfect Libertarian candidate for US President for the 2012 elections.