In case you didn’t hear, the Libertarians nominated their presidential candidate a few days ago: Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr. His website. Here’s a Newsweek article about him. I think he’s got a little better credentials than Michael Badnarik in 2004 who was a former computer programer.
A little trivia: The Libertarians are the third largest political party in the US. In fact, they are larger than all other independent parties combined.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008 at 8:24 pm
Should I vote for a Lib, because they’re the third largest party?
Tuesday, 27 May 2008 at 8:32 pm
Nope. Just an interesting fact. As an academic, I’m always interested in random facts that don’t have any larger meaning.
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 at 8:49 pm
I wonder why Barr thinks it is a good idea to jump in the race at this point in time considering how small an impact Ron Paul, an essentially libertarian Republican, had on the race.
Wednesday, 28 May 2008 at 10:01 pm
While I’m sure they’d like bigger numbers, I don’t think libertarians focus on having a huge impact. As a party, I suppose you’ve got to start somewhere. Maybe they hope to springboard off of Paul’s work.