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Delegates are elected by plurality vote. That means that if people who prefer less government vote for two different candidates, a minority who prefer more can elect theirs.

Libertarians are certainly free to vote for Barr. I just don't want to hear them complain when President Obama leads the way in raising their taxes and radically increasing the size of the welfare state.

McCain isn't perfect, but he's certainly for smaller and less intrusive government than the Democrats or even most Republicans. People can whine about not wanting to vote for the "lesser of two evils", but that's just the way it works.

We have a two-party system because that's the only system compatible with winner-take-all plurality elections. If you don't like it, then work for a constitutional election requiring that states select their electors and congressmen by majority vote, go to a proportional representation system, or both. Until then, third party candidates are nothing more than a distraction.

The title is incorrect and should be:

“Who is Bob Barr? He could be Hillary’s dream come true.”

Always phrase such things in the context of the impact on the Democratic candidate’s prospects. Nothing else matters.

That means that if people who prefer less government vote for two different candidates, a minority who prefer more can elect theirs.

I can't imagine why people who prefer smaller, less intrusive government would vote McCain. He is not a small government candidate. Plus, for years people have been telling me that the libertarian "kook" vote doesn't matter and that I'm just a dirty drug user who wants to use drugs (even though I do not use illegal drugs.) So I guess if libertarians vote for the libertarian candidate, it won't matter anyway because the libertarian vote doesn't matter. That's what I heard, at least.