Posted on 07/08/2008 2:00:47 PM PDT by mnehring
All part of his daring master plan to make his name as widely reviled among the right as Ralph Nader’s is among the left. [InsiderAdvantage pollster Matt] Towery said North Carolina and Georgia are exactly the places that Mr. Barr could put in play: both have high African-American populations that Mr. Obama can tap to boost his turnout numbers, and have conservative-leaning voters whose dissatisfaction with President Bush could lead them to a third-party candidate.
Polls in Georgia and North Carolina over the last two weeks show Mr. Barr winning 8 percent and 6 percent respectively of the presidential vote, and in both cases helping keep likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama within striking distance of Mr. McCain in those states — which, taken together, account for more electoral votes than Florida, Pennsylvania or Ohio…
The Georgia poll, taken just before Mr. Barr secured the Libertarian nomination, gave Mr. McCain 45 percent support, Mr. Obama 35 percent and Mr. Barr 8 percent. In North Carolina a Public Policy Polling survey released Monday found Mr. McCain at 43 percent, Mr. Obama at 40 percent and Mr. Barr at 6 percent. The poll’s authors said Mr. Barr’s support appeared to come particularly from independents who previously had broken for Mr. McCain.
I can understand a third-party run if, like Perot, you command a minority so sizable — 20 or 25 percent, say — that the party simply has to address some of its concerns, if not in this election then in the next. A five percent minority doesn’t do that. You can make up that amount elsewhere by doing a better job of mobilizing your base or pandering a bit to other constituencies at the margins. If you’re going to strike at the establishment, in other words, you’d better do it hard enough that the reaction is fear, not anger. How do you think libertarians will be received if this tool hands us President Obama? Exit question: On which issues, precisely, do Barr and Ron Paul propose to compromise with the 95% of Republicans who aren’t voting for them? They’re each trying to bring the GOP around to more libertarian positions, Barr by spoiling McCain’s chances and Paul by trying to work within the party for now and land a role at the convention. Surely they understand that there’ll be some give and take involved in reaching an accommodation with more centrist/hawkish conservatives. Yet Paul’s philosophy, in which every last position is presented as the one and only acceptable constitutional solution, makes that impossible. You have to do exactly what he wants, because that’s what the Constitution wants and there can be no compromise where the supreme law of the land is concerned. So how does this play out? If the GOP decides, sure, let’s give the gold standard a second look, what does America’s Greatest Patriot give back?
Barr is WARPED!!!
He would rather destroy the US than to see McCain win.
Beautiful.
What idiots! It's got nothing to do with President Bush, it's total dissatisfaction with McCain that is leading people to third party candidates.
Bob Barr, “The Spoiler”.
Does Obama have to actually enact his new marxism for people to realize what a crossroads this is?
Who knows, maybe Barr can also run with Hernandez.. Barr was the one who, in his position with the ACLU, fought to prevent local and State law enforcement agencies from being able to prosecute illegals.
I say let ‘em turn the pot all the way up and see if a few of the frogs notice. McCain’s brand of government is still big-government Socialism, and no less dangerous to our continued existence as a sovereign republic.
I’m not too worried about Bob Barr. He has been out of the spotlight for almost 10 years, and has been a stooge of the ACLU.
For the record: I can’t vote for Barr, either. Too much ACLU stink on him. I’m a Presidential no-vote.
That being said, blaming a McCain loss (if it even comes to pass) on the ones who refused to follow the rest of the lemmings over the cliff is a non-starter.
What do we get if Juan wins?
McCain make appeal to hispanics
I'm having a hard time telling much difference between Juan and Hussein.
You can have Juan McCain and his damn border jumpers...............
There are some of us who think McCain is not the Savior of Western Civilization. I don't believe that McCain will be that much different than Obama.
Bears repeating.
Would he really be able to do this all by himself? I thought there would still be a congress, even in an Obama administration, and more than likely more than 40 Republican Senators. I'm thinking that for Obama to do this, or one of hundreds of other nightmare actions some claim he will/could do if elected, he would need not only the support of Congress but even the support of some Republicans.
Obama's a pathetic candidate but he does not, and will not, have the power some imbue him with.
Sure, with McCain as the alternative. McCain is not conservative. He is merely less of a leftist. I'm not compromising ideals ever again. If the GOP or the left-headed GOP voters want me to go along, they must choose a centrist at the very least.
Even though I probably will not vote for Barr, the people that put a POS like McCain in as the GOP candidate, are directly responsible for why Barr can take votes from the GOP. Perhaps the GOP needs to do a whole lot of soul searching.
I guess they can't do that. They corner the market on the stupidity that will usher Obama into office.
LBJ - Destroyed the black family.
Carter - Lost Iran
Clinton - Failed to deter terrorists
Every rat in my memory was a disaster.
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