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foxnews.com - 11/3/2008
The Two-Party Monopoly - Opinion
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Monday, November 03, 2008 By Radley Balko Those of you voting in Louisiana or Connecticut this week won't have the option of voting for Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr for president. In both states, Barr's campaign insists it had more than enough signatures to put his name on the ...

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Third Party Woes
The Agitator — ... My Fox column is up early this week. It looks at how Congress and state legislatures have essentially codified the two party system, making it almost impossible for third parties to compete. ...

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Hit & Run — I'll be on WBAL in Baltimore at 2pm ET to discuss my latest Fox column on the dominance of the two major parties. ...

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eschatonblog.com 11/4/2008 — 2 divisions at my polling place. No line for mine, about 20 in line for the other one. Pretty sure the pundits are all wrong and Bob Barr will be our next president. Person working polling place under mistaken impression that photo ID is necessary for ...
Diebold, Die! — Hit & Run
I voted for the first time in at least four years (and possibly for the first time since 2000). In Oxford, Ohio, on an electronic machine created by Diebold, the bete noire of all manner of voting conspiracists (as I said in reason 's presidential poll, I tapped the screen for one Bob Barr). ...
Bob Barr Carries Virginia! — Balloon Juice
Do not listen to the exit polls. This was a warning. In other news, I predict that the Democrats will win by exactly the margins in this thread that averages guesses by almost 10,000 Kos readers. Yes, that means that Obama will win by 351.69 electoral votes. You say that’s impossible? ...
The 7 p.m. Poll Closings: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia — Hit & Run
ATLANTA - I'm en route to Bob Barr's election party, which won't kick off officially until after the polls close, which gave me time to grab a burger at the Varsity restaurant. A family next to me is talking about... Bob Barr. They didn't vote for him, they were just trying to remember who the ...
The 7 p.m. Poll Closings: Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia — Hit & Run
ATLANTA - I'm en route to Bob Barr's election party, which won't kick off officially until after the polls close, which gave me time to grab a burger at the Varsity restaurant. A family next to me is talking about... Bob Barr. They didn't vote for him, they were just trying to remember who the ...
New at Reason: Dave Weigel on the Final Hours of Bob Barr's Campaign — Hit & Run
Reporting from Georgia, Associate Editor David Weigel talks to the Barr campaign in the final run-up to election 2008. Read all about it here.
Libertarian Candidate Bob Barr Hopes To Eat Into Republican Vote — Say Anything
Because apparently an Obama victory is a libertarian victory. ATLANTA — Bob Barr’s longshot presidential bid is in some ways as much about sending a signal to the Republicans, his former party, as it is about earning a respectable showing Tuesday for his Libertarian Party. The ...
Going to Vote — Eschaton
Off to cast my ballot for Bob Barr.
The Nader Effect, 2008 — Hit & Run
From Newsweek : According to recent CNN/Opinion Research polls, Barack Obama leads John McCain by four points in a two-way choice among likely Florida voters. That gap grows to eight points with Nader in the mix, along with other minor-party candidates such as Libertarian Bob Barr. Another ...
Update from an Accidental Swing State — Hit & Run
ATLANTA - I arrived here yesterday to cover the U.S. Senate campaign of Libertarian Alan Buckley and the final campaign jaunt of Bob Barr, who'll be heading down to Savannah to close out the election. That's the presidential campaign I've been closest to, so I can report that the bulk of its ...
I Confess. The Panic Has Set In. — The Moderate Voice
I was on the road for some family business, but still manged to keep up with the news. It was only this weekend that I think a shock of cold, harsh reality has struck. Like many of us, I follow the polls, the political news, the talk shows, and I try to divine what’s going on in Election ...
Why I Won't Abstain or Vote for the Libertarian Party: — The Volokh Conspiracy
Two possible alternatives to voting for McCain or Obama are abstaining from voting and supporting Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr. Many people believe that voting is irrational because the chance that...
Liveblogging the Third Party Debate — PoliGazette
I’m live-blogging the debate between Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin. All three have a theoretical chance to win the presidential election but are, of course, mostly in it out of principles. You can watch the debate live yourself by clicking here . The first question is about ...
Ralph versus Bob — Hit & Run
The non-blackout continues: Bob Barr will debate Ralph Nader at the University of Akron. (Months ago Barr declined to debate anyone but McCain and Obama, but as more and more people proposed third party debates he expanded the circle to cover Nader.) It starts at 4:30 p.m. ET and the live stream ...
Barr v Nader: Debate of the season — The Swamp
by Mark Silva Here's the debate you've been waiting for: Bob Barr versus Ralph Nader. The Libertarian candidate for president will face off with the independent candidate for president today in Ohio in an encounter focused on the economy. Pastor Chuck Baldwin, the ...
Watch Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin Debate Live — PoliGazette
This afternoon, Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin will debate in the first independently-organized debate of the season to include all presidential candidates who have a mathematical chance to win the election. The debate will be held in the City Club of Cleveland - a prestigious ...
Bob Barr has at least 12 votes; Drew Carey is puckish — Anne Schroeder's Blog
Bob Barr, the good news for you is that, counting yourself, you have at least 12 votes in this upcoming election. At least 11 of Reason magazine's readers/followers/writers who were so polled  said that they were voting for you.   (Except of course Shikha Dalmia ...
And you thought the debates were over? Not for Bob Barr and Ralph Nader — Top of the Ticket
John McCain and Barack Obama aren't the only presidential candidates making their final plea for votes this week. Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr and independent Ralph Nader are doing it , too. And today, Barr and Nader will square off in their first -- and last -- debate. You ...
Bob Barr: The Liberal Case for Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Barack Obama is going to win the presidency. While the end of the current era of Republican mismanagement may be good news in many respects, this is no cause for complacency for anyone concerned about American liberty and America's place in the world. Senator Obama, despite his eloquent call ...
Libertarian Bob Barr's campaign closeout sale — Top of the Ticket
The Bob Barr Libertarian campaign is having a closeout sale today. You can still vote for him after today, the campaign wants you to understand. But you won't get any yard signs while they might do any good. And they say they're running low on hats, T-shirt, etc. "Only a few ...
Oh NOESSSS --- Bob Barr wins Pennsylvania — Newshoggers.com
By Fester: Now I wonder how many political junkies of all stripes have this picture as part of a nightmare or peyote fueled trip? Actually, this was just the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office making sure the website works ... but it made me chuckle when I saw this....