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Bob Barr recognizes Steve Kubby

Steve Kubby attended Bob Barr‘s victory party tonight, and received a standing ovation upon entering the room. Bob Barr then called him to the front, and recognized Mr.…

Mary Ruwart to run for LNC, Nolan likely to drop out

It is not officially confirmed, but it is widely speculated that Mary Ruwart will run for a seat on the Libertarian National Committee.

In related news, it has been reported that David Nolan is likely to drop out, based on his perception that Bill Redpath will win re-election.…

Barr wins Libertarian presidential nomination on 6th ballot

Bob Barr will be the 2008 Libertarian presidential nominee. Ballot-Access News has reported full vote totals for each round of voting, with the final decisive vote being:

Bob Barr: 324
Mary Ruwart: 276
NOTA: 26

The order of elimination was:

1st Round: Jingozian eliminated (endorsing Gravel), Smith eliminated (opposing Barr)
2nd Round: Kubby eliminated (endorsing Ruwart)
3rd Round: Phillies eliminated (no endorsement)
4th Round: Gravel eliminated (according to a comment on BAN, endorsing Barr over Ruwart if Root eliminated
5th Round: Root eliminated (endorsing Barr, going for VP)
6th Round: Barr wins nomination

The VP selection process is currently ongoing.…

IPR Readers Poll: Barr and Kubby win debate

Following last night’s Presidential debate at the LP convention in Denver, we posted a poll for IPR readers. Over 100 people voted in this unscientific survey are here are the results…

Bob Barr – 29 votes (27%)
Steve Kubby – 27 votes (25%)
Mary Ruwart – 22 votes (21%)
Mike Gravel – 16 votes (15%)
Wayne Root – 7 votes (7%)
George Phillies – 4 votes (4%)
Michael Jingozian – 1 vote (1%)…

Some impressions from the debate

I sat in on our live chatroom during the LP debate tonight and it was interesting to see the reactions people were having. What follows is a mixture of my own impressions mixed with those of the rest of the folks in the room.…