Archive for the 'Barr' Category

Missouri Kills 3rd Party/Militia Bumper Stick Profiling

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 3rd Party, Barr, Missouri, Ron Paul, Terrorism

This was definitely troubling, so it’s good to see that some real action was taken after the report was revealed.
From McClatchy:
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before being distributed to law enforcement agencies.
The Highway Patrol [...]

March 29th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Bob Barr On Gay Marriage

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Barr, History, Law, Legislation, Religion, Sexuality

“In 2006, when then-Sen. Obama voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, he said, “Decisions about marriage should be left to the states.” He was right then; and as I have come to realize, he is right now in concluding that DOMA has to go. If one truly believes in federalism and the primacy of state [...]

January 5th, 2009 | Permalink| 8 Comments »

The Impact Of Bob Barr

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Electoral College, McCain, Video

CNN takes a look and discusses what his impact will be.

I think Barr could make a big difference in Georgia and other traditional red states like North Carolina, Indiana, Florida and Ohio.
Here’s why…
Reports show 1 million Democrats have early voted in North Carolina, compared to half a million Republicans. 1.4 million people have early voted [...]

October 31st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

MSNBC Profiles Bob Barr

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 3rd Party, Barr, Georgia, New Hampshire, Video

Is Barr this year’s Nader? Probably not because this doesn’t appear to be a close call.
However, he could definitely siphon off crucial votes in New Hampshire and Georgia.

So, will Barr help bring about an Obama landslide?

October 28th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Quote Of The Day

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Georgia, McCain

“Senator John McCain will not win Georgia.”
- Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr
That’s certainly a bold prediction, but let’s remember that Barr represented Georgia’s 7th district from 1995 to 2003, so he may pull support from fiscal conservatives in the state.
What’s more, at least one recent poll has shown Obama up by one.
What do [...]

October 25th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Bob Barr Talks Russia/Georgia Conflict

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barr, Foreign Policy, Georgia, Russia

And makes a lot of sense…
“Obviously, America should encourage both countries to back down and resolve their differences peacefully,” explains Barr. But “the status of South Ossetia, as well as Abkhazia, another Russian-supported separatist zone within Georgia, matters a lot more to Russia, on which the two territories border, than to the U.S. Moreover, Washington [...]

August 14th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

GOP Concerned About Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Georgia, Independents, McCain, Polls, Republicans

Why?
Two words: Bob Barr.
Republican strategists are privately conceding that the GOP could lose Georgia’s 15 presidential electors for the first time since 1992 because of Bob Barr’s ballot position as the Libertarian Party presidential candidate.
The most recent Georgia survey by the polling firm Insider Advantage, conducted July 2, shows 46 percent for Sen. John McCain, [...]

July 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Public Policy Polling: McCain Up By 6 In South Carolina

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Independents, McCain, Polls, Republicans, South Carolina

McCain – 45%
Obama – 39%
Barr – 5%
More evidence that solidly red states aren’t nearly as solid this time around. Because while South Carolina went for Bush by 16 points in 2004, now we’re down to single digits.
Public Policy Polling shares why Obama is keeping it close…
The demographics fueling Obama’s ability to stay within striking range [...]

July 16th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Zogby: Obama Up By 16 In New Mexico

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Independents, McCain, New Mexico, Polls, Republicans

Obama – 49%
McCain – 33%
Barr – 9%
Nader – 2%
This is a state that Bush took by only 1% in 2004, and barely lost in 2000.
The details…

Hispanics for Obama and self-identified libertarians for Barr make McCain a distant second.
Hispanics make up 30% of the sample, and they choose Obama over McCain, 59%-24%.
Libertarians are 10% of the [...]

July 11th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

McCain Not Treating Barr as a Threat

By Alan Stewart Carl | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barr, Libertarian, McCain

Will Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr be a threat to John McCain? Apparently, McCain doesn’t think so. Often, the two major parties will try to deal with third party threats by knocking the third-party challenger off the ballot in as many states as possible. For instance, Democrats tried to block Ralph Nader’s ballot access [...]

July 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

2008Central.net Presidential Election Podcast (06/29/08)

By 2008Central.net | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Billary, Independents, Indiana, McCain, Nader, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Virginia

Today, we take a look back at this week in the election and also have an in-depth discussion about the Obama Campaign’s general election strategy.
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Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for our next podcast (you can also email an audio file of your question and we’ll include [...]

June 29th, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

InsiderAdvantage: McCain, Obama Tied In Georgia

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Georgia, Independents, McCain, Polls, Republicans

McCain – 44%
Obama – 43%
Barr – 6%
Undc’d – 7%
Could this really happen?
“Georgia is competitive for Obama for several reasons. First, it has a high African-American voting age population (VAP). Second, it has an unusually high percentage of younger voters (18-29). Both of these groups are more in the Obama camp, with black voters already at [...]

June 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Bob Barr: War On Drugs Has Failed

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barr, Drugs, Libertarian

He admits he was wrong and that it’s now time to call this “war” off because it’s doing far more harm than good.
From Huff Post:
For years, I served as a federal prosecutor and member of the House of Representatives defending the federal pursuit of the drug prohibition.
Today, I can reflect on my efforts and see [...]

June 10th, 2008 | Permalink| 6 Comments »

Libertarians Pick Bob Barr

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 3rd Party, Barr, Libertarian, McCain

But it wasn’t an easy nomination process…
Denver — Georgia’s Bob Barr won a long and tense battle Sunday for the 2008 Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination and now faces the daunting task of doing what no third-party candidate has done: Win in November.
It took six ballots and nearly five hours of voting at the Libertarian National [...]

May 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Bob Barr Announces Libertarian Presidential Run

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barr, Libertarian, McCain, Republicans, Ron Paul

Could he be McCain’s Nader?
From AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr has announced that he’s running for president as a Libertarian.
His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race and many believe it would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain.
Barr made the announcement Monday at a news conference. He first must [...]

May 12th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Ron Paul Likes Obama?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Barr, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Libertarian, Ron Paul

And he’s not too fond of McCain.
From CNN:
In an interview on The Situation Room, Paul told Wolf Blitzer that endorsing Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, “would really confuse” his supporters “because they know we have a precise program and we have to defend that program.”
Having a Republican win the upcoming presidential election [...]

May 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Could Bob Barr Get Ron Paul Vote?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, 3rd Party, Barr, Libertarian, Ron Paul

Looks like the Libertarians are going to field a candidate who could actually have a voice in the conversation this year…thanks to the groundwork laid by Paul.
From Philly.com:
Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, is an all-but-announced presidential candidate – as a Libertarian.
The possibility of a run by Barr has sent shudders through the mainstream [...]

May 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| 14 Comments »