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On July 22, Georgia held run-off primaries for the Republican and Democratic Parties. Bob Barr, who was the Libertarian presidential nominee in 2008, was defeated in the Republican primary in the Eleventh District. Here is a link to the state’s tentative election returns. In the 11th district, the vote so far is Barr 17,794; Barry Loudermilk 34,641. The Eleventh District is northwest of Atlanta and is centered on Marietta.
Reactions from the alt-party commenting community to date:
George Phillies in IPR Open Thread:
Double turncoat Bob Barr was smashed in his Congressional primary.
State Senator Barry Loudermilk crushed Barr, 66-34.
It’s good to see that Republicans understand why party loyalty matters when choosing a candidate. Perhaps someday our National Convention delegates will do the same.
Alaska Constitution Party at Ballot Access News:
Good for the voters of Georgia!
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If Barr has been trying to emulate Ron Paul, he’s certainly done a piss-poor job of it.
Then again, what do you expect? After all, this is Bob Barr we’re talking about here.
pf, yup. Barr is likely toast politically. Perhaps he’ll find s’more tin-pot dictators to counsel if his congressional pension ain’t cuttin’ it.
This loss could not have happened to a more deserving fellow.
Assuming that is Bob Barr’s plan, an assumption I do not share, there is a problem with it.
Ron Paul was a fairly libertarian fellow the whole time. He might not be radical in terms of those who are in the LP considered radical, but he was genuinely there. He was a libertarian in the Republican Party. Bob Bar was a conservative in the Libertarian Party.
However, there are different levels of certainty. For example, I’m fairly certain that Bob Barr will not be back in Congress next year, or most likely ever. If he does make it back to Congress in some future year, given that he is already 65, it’s rather unlikely that he will be able to finish his poor attempt to copy the Ron Paul playbook (stint as a Republican Congressman, followed by LP presidential race, then another stint as a Republican congressman leading to a relatively more serious in terms of money raised Republican presidential nomination attempt and the creation of a political dynasty).
Yes, uncertainty is the only certainty!
Maybe, maybe not. I guess we will never know now.
Despite his erratic political behavior, I’d say Barr would have been a net positive back in Congress. And that’s in a field of about 430 or so net negatives.
Well, hope you are doing better now. Hopefully you’ll be able to stop by here more often again.
Yeah, I had to cut back on all my extra-curricular activities for a while. Times were tough.
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Dunno. Was that a surprise?
Wasn’t the surprise that he made it into the runoff in the first place?