Hey Jason someone told it had to be 20% across the nation not just in Georgai Do you have a link. See you Friday

Now all he needs is 15% or a third from the GOP (fiscons), 5% or a seventh from the Dems (bluedogs and civil liberty fans) and half, 6% (Indys) from the undecideds. Add in the Libertarian base.

When you look at it like that. It seems pretty do-able.

On the issues that matter most to fiscons - spending, taxes and regulation - McCain is no George Bush, and George Bush is no Barak Obama.

When it comes down to election day, fiscons will look at McCain's somewhat ok but mixed record, compare it to Obama's record and rhetoric and hold their noises for McCain.

The only way Barr would get a sizable portion of their vote is if Obama was going to win in a 1980 like landslide.

A better tact for Barr would be to play up the populist rhetoric and be against immigration, against free-trade, and against the "war on terror". That will cast him as the conservative anti-McCain GOP base is looking for.

Speaking as a recovering Libertarian Party member, I'd be surprised if Barr actually wins the nomination.

I'm not sure being anti-war is going to help Congressman Barr. There are quite a few people out there who think that using the military to fight the war on terror and to keep us safe at home is a proper role for government. Agreed, that has not been done as effectively as needs be, and I think most Libertarians will demand more in that area than Bush has provided, but I really don't think a full-scale antiwar stance will really help Bob Barr at this point.

I don't think he is necessarily "anti-war." He wants the Iraqi government to take responsibility for the country and wants to start withdrawing to make them do so, but he is opposed to setting a timetable.

Then perhaps that will be more beneficial of a position to him down the stretch. My thinking on this is that, of course, we encourage our leaders to actually believe the positions they advocate, but in this sense, Barack Obama has already staked out the position of the anti-war candidacy. McCain seems to be more in line with staying the course, and if Congressman Barr advocates a position similar to the other two, then it will fail to get anyone's attention. As third parties go, Libertarians will have to offer something different at this point. While I support the war in terms of fighting terrorism and ending a wicked regime in Iraq, I do think that we must have a winnable strategy and an overall objective that indicates we have thought about the implications our eventual pull-out will have on the region. I fully support advocating more responsibility on the part of the Iraqis, as this will stem the tide of those who call us occupiers and colonizers rather than liberators. But I also think we cannot hand over control to a group that is unstable and unwilling to confront the major issues that face them. I would like to hear Congressman Barr speak more about this issue in the days before the convention in Colorado.