Public Policy Polling has released their latest telephone poll of North Carolina voters today, including Bob Barr against both Clinton/McCain and Obama/McCain matchups, and Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Michael Munger against his major-party opponents.…
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Barr condemns ‘socialized’ re-insurance; demands executive accountability
By Administrative Team on June 2, 2008 3:41 PM
In a pair of press releases issued today, Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr condemns a plan to subsidize insurance for natural-disaster prone areas and sticks up for former White House spokesman Scott McClellan in calling for an accountable executive branch.…
Independent Murphy opposes farm bill
By Administrative Team on June 2, 2008 3:22 PM
John Murphy, an independent for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 16th district, has issued a statement condeming the 2008 farm bill, which he says “gives factory farms the elevator” while “family farms get the shaft.”…
Bob Barr stands up to white nationalists
By Administrative Team on June 2, 2008 3:15 PM
Ron Paul’s libertarian presidential run within the GOP was plagued by “white nationalist” supporters. Paul refused to return a donation from Stormfront webmaster Don Black, and a county coordinator of his Michigan campaign was later discovered to be a KKK and Christian Identity member.…
Barr makes pitch for LP donations
By Austin Cassidy on June 2, 2008 2:57 PM
The Barr for President campaign may see a little spike in fundraising as the Libertarian Party distrubuted a letter “from the desk of Bob Barr” that lays out how Barr plans to get ballot access.…
Alan Keyes message board is down
By Austin Cassidy on June 2, 2008 11:29 AM
The Alan Keyes for President campaign’s message board appears to have a “database error” and has been unavailable for at least the last day or so.…
NY Times: ‘Libertarians dream of being the tie-breaker’
By Austin Cassidy on June 2, 2008 10:59 AM
New York Times reporter Julie Bosman wrote an article for yesterday’s Sunday edition that summarized the LP convention, Ron Paul movement, and the Barr campaign’s possible role of a “spoiler” in the upcoming election.…
Barr and Baldwin: Agree on income tax, disagree on FairTax
By Administrative Team on June 2, 2008 12:34 AM
The respective presidential nominees of the Libertarian and Constitution parties, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin, both favor elimination of the IRS and the income tax.…
Rockwell: LP has jettisoned ‘radical libertarianism’, ‘non-aggression’; Root a ‘neocon’
By Administrative Team on June 1, 2008 4:36 PM
Speaking on Libertarian nominee Bob Barr, long-time Ron Paul friend and associate Lew Rockwell says, “[H]e is an impressive and well-spoken public figure.”
Of Barr’s recent Fox News appearance, Rockwell says, “He condemned government spending, seemed to call himself a ‘true conservative,’ and said that he would not seek votes that would otherwise go to McCain.”…