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I have recently read some disparaging remarks about the fundraising for the Barr campaign.   The campaign began with an exploratory committee in April and the last reports are for July.   The total raised is about $600,000.  On average, the campaign has raised $150,000 each month.    If the campaign continues at this rate, it would raise [...]

One of the toughest decisions for a minor party Presidential candidate like Mr. Barr is where to spend his time.  For the major party candidates, it’s easy; you want to spend your time in battleground states because you have a chance to win and the close, battleground states hold the balance of power.
However, minor party [...]

Is a libertarian a “true conservative?”   Rep. Barr sometimes suggests that this is true.   Is he correct?  Well, yes…  but.. no….  Libertarian might better be described as “true” liberal.   But, probably it is best to understand libertarian as being neither left nor right.. neither conservative nor liberal.
Is a libertarian a type of conservative?     Perhaps.   The [...]

Bob Barr rejects the Bush administration’s taxpayer bailout of the housing industry.   This bill includes provisions to reward Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for their disastrous, risky strategies.
While Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have used the vague promises of government support to borrow at lower interest rates and so funnel more money into home mortgages [...]

When Bob Barr began his campaign for President, he insisted that job one is to get control of government spending.   Obama promises all sorts of new government “investment.”  (Are there really people who are fooled by using the term “investment” to describe spending even more on wasteful government programs?)   McCain proposes nothing more than reducing the [...]

Not all Americans are “online.”   And, even those of us who are online, sometimes read the local newspaper.   Many of those people who read the local newspaper read letters to the editor.   Why not write one in support of Bob Barr?
My approach is to wait until there is a relevant issue in the news.   Better [...]

Americans are concerned about high gasoline prices.   John McCain has blamed “speculators.”   The only truth to this argument is that the speculators are the bearers of bad news.   Not only is John McCain playing the part of the tyrrant who shoots the messenger and so will only be told what he wants to hear, it is he [...]

The (Not So) Lunatic Fringe
By NATHAN THORNBURGH/NYE COUNTY, NEV.
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2008

With his belly hiding his belt, with his red suspenders and white beard, Glen Parshall is a dead ringer for Santa Claus, except for the snub-nosed pistol he keeps tucked in his back pocket. Parshall spends his days behind the gun cage [...]

The recent Zogby poll shows Bob Barr receiving 6% support nationwide.  This is great news, doubling the support shown in many earlier polls.   State-by-state polling has been sparse, though there have been some good numbers from polls in Georgia and North Carolina.   The Zogby poll goes a long way towards correcting that deficiency.   There is a cool interactive map showing [...]

The recent massive Zogby survey has been creating a stir in the major media and the symbolic nature of Barr receiving the margin between Obama and McCain is sure to spread some attention our way. If Obama does happen to win the White House - John McCain and the Republican establishment will have nobody to [...]