Bob Barr brings another Ron Paul advisor onboard.
Kudos to Barr (and Doug Bandow).

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Libertarian Party Nominee Bob Barr spent a full hour with Glenn Beck on Friday.  One can’t help but notice that he sounds more and more like Ron Paul every day. Click on image or here to watch the interview. (Part 1 of 6)

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Yes I’m about a week late on this, but I was thinking the other day about how one of the odder things about the Libertarian Party convention in Denver was the fact that Jim Pinkerton was selected to moderate the C-SPAN televised debate.
Pinkerton was most recently a “senior advisor” to Mike Huckabee’s campaign. Huckabee, [...]

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After endorsing Wayne Allen Root for his running mate, Bob Barr fought off a tough challenge from the absolutist/radical/anarchist wing in the form of party activist Mary Rewart to win the 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination. Barr’s support in Georgia coupled with Root’s name recognition in Nevada could turn two red states blue come [...]

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The Washington Times writes up the convention here, and even managed to get the word marijuana into the headline.
It took a quote from Tucker himself but the Tucker Carlson for President rumor has ended.
According to this report pro-Barr people outnumber others 2-1.  Maybe it will be a one ballot nomination process after all?
A much longer [...]

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Over at the Americaon Conservative’s blog, RonPaulBlog.com writer Daniel McCarthy skewers the National Review for its editorial that basically says: “Pay no attention to Bob Barr who is running for President”:
NRO has an editorial up excoriating Bob Barr for changing his views on war, civil liberties, and drugs. But after two paragraphs of hitting Barr [...]

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Today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary (subscription only) includes the following articles in order. See if you think there is a connection between Ron Paul’s success and the GOP’s cashflow problems:
Being Ron Paul
The Libertarian Convention starts today in Denver, but the party’s real inspiration this year will be there only in spirit. [...]

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Patrick,
Admittedly, I don’t follow libertarian politics very closely, but I too find some of the recent developments within the party rather interesting.
For one, it will be interesting to see how the apparent agreement between Bob Barr and long-time conservative fundraiser Richard Viguerie will impact the LP both at its convention this week, and long into [...]

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