[9:49am] He also lays claim to the vote of online gamblers.

[9:50am] Another hit piece on Barr is being pushed around this morning about the donations to Republicans through his PAC, the Bob Barr Leadership Fund. They fail to mention the $10,000 in donations to the Libertarian National Committee.

[9:52am] I heard this morning that most of the anti-Barr buttons were made by the Phillies campaign.

[9:53am] Root says he is “here to lead the Libertarian movement for the next 25 years.”

[9:55am] One of my fellow Georgia delegates turned to me and said, “What has he done for the party?”

[9:59am] Barr has been nominated. He is being seconded by Rob from the Marijuana Policy Project.

[10:04am] Several Libertarians are taking the stage in support of Barr and talking about the media presence that Barr has had in the media thus far and what he could do for local candidates around the nation.

[10:06am] Barr has taken the stage. He says that he has had more substantive discussion in the three days he has been in Denver than the 30 years he spent with the Republicans.

[9:38am] There was an objection to the seating of new delegates. We sort expected a fight on

[9:40am] They’re showing a video of an endorsement of Wayne Root from Mancow.

[9:41am] We’re having wi-fi issues. I didn’t mention this last night, but wi-fi went down during the debate last night, frustrating the hell out us on Bloggers Row.

[9:43am] Wayne Allyn Root has been nominated and his daughter, Dakota, is introducing him and seconding the nomination to the body.

[9:46am] Root is somewhat less energetic this morning, but still very passionate.

[9:49am] He also lays claim to the vote of online gamblers.

[9:50am] Another hit piece on Barr is being pushed around this morning about the donations to Republicans through his PAC, the Bob Barr Leadership Fund. They fail to mention the $10,000 in donations to the Libertarian National Committee.

[9:52am] I heard this morning that most of the anti-Barr buttons were made by the Phillies campaign.

[9:53am] Root says he is “here to lead the Libertarian movement for the next 25 years.”

[9:55am] One of my fellow Georgia delegates turned to me and said, “What has he done for the party?”

[9:59am] Barr has been nominated. He is being seconded by Rob from the Marijuana Policy Project.

[10:04am] Several Libertarians are taking the stage in support of Barr and talking about the media presence that Barr has had in the media thus far and what he could do for local candidates around the nation.

[10:06am] Barr has taken the stage. He says that he has had more substantive discussion in the three days he has been in Denver than the 30 years he spent with the Republicans.

[10:11am] Barr gave a very impassioned speech. He says that he may not have come to the Libertarian Party quickly, but he said that the change is real and he is one of us and that he will lead us to a new level.

[10:14am] Christine Smith has been nominated. She did not receive enough tokens to participate in the debate last night, but enough to have a nominating speech.

[10:16am] Smith says she became a Libertarian because of the 2004 platform.

[10:25am] I had to run in the media room to get this update in because the wi-fi is down again. I think Stacey McCain is trying to find Andrew Davis, the LP Media Director, to get it fixed.

[10:27am] There is an interesting rumor flying around this morning. I don't want to get into detail about it yet, but it would be promising.

[10:36am] Make sure you read Aaron Gould Sheinin's coverage of the convention over at the AJC's Political Insider.

[10:41am] As I look around the room, I see that Ruwart’s support is still significant.

[10:43am] Ruwart says that we shouldn’t pay attention to factionalism; however, her supporters have attempted to divide the delegates, especially during the platform and by-laws debates. She is the candidate of the radicals. I am not saying they are wrong in their beliefs, but failing to recognize that the divide has been largely because of her supporters is intellectually dishonest.

[10:51am] Here is a picture of Barry Hess inviting Bob Barr to join the LP in 2004. This was passed along by one of my fellow delegates from Georgia.

[10:55am] An article in support of Barr was distrubuted this morning. You can view it here and here.

[10:56am] George Phillies is being nominated by members of Outright Libertarians.

[10:59am] Phillies welcomes Gravel to the party and says that he is a "sensible Libertarian."

[11:14am] Kubby is on now. Two more candidates to go.

[11:17am] Jingozian is being introduced. Gravel is next. I think I'm about to head up to my room and change into some more business-like attire.

[11:48am] Gravel is finishing up. He is all over the place. He is doing his best to appeal the body. I respect him. He seems to have a grasp of the philosophy, but he still has class warfare undertones and advocacy of democracy. He is slowly working his way.

[11:50am] A large group of Barr supporters are walking the room drawing boos from radicals.

[11:52am] We now have 652 credentialed delegates.

[11:54am] It was just announced 327 delegates is a majority.

[12:00pm] We are taking the first vote. This could go as many as five rounds.

[12:10pm] As you'll see on the AJC here in a bit, I never did change clothes. Green Death and I got a picture with Barr and the AJC snapped one of us at the same time.

[12:14pm] A gentleman just walked by holding two signs, one on top of the other, for a Barr/Ruwart unification ticket. I've heard that Ruwart has absolutely no interest in that, but she would almost certainly be a lock.

[12:16pm] Stacey McCain is interviewing Barr behind me. Barr says that he feels good about the vote.

[12:19pm] The "Boortz 2012" sign is making its way around again.

[12:22pm] By the way, a candidate has to take 5% of the vote to advance to the second round.

[12:23pm] Redpath says that the state-by-state results will begin in five minutes.

[12:30pm] Georgia Delegation - Barr: 33 Ruwart: 2

[12:39pm] I'll update delegate totals after all are announced.

[12:41pm] Green Death, Bob Barr and myself.

[12:43pm] Penn Jillette got a couple votes from Pennsylvania.

[12:54pm] Ron Paul got a write-in vote from California.

[12:55pm] Paul also got three write-in votes from Colorado and one from Connecticut.

[12:55pm] Gravel is actually doing well.

[12:57pm] Daniel Adams just announced Georgia's vote totals.

[1:10pm] Results from the First Round:
- Barr: 153
- Ruwart: 152
- Root: 123
- Gravel: 71
- Phillies: 49
- Kubby: 41
- Jingozian: 23
- Smith: 6
- NOTA: 2

[1:17pm] Jingozian is endorsing Mike Gravel.

[1:19pm] Christine Smith taking shots at Bob Barr and endorsed no one.

[1:25pm] Barr says, "I never met the woman."

[1:40pm] Second Ballot:
- Barr: 188
- Ruwart: 162
- Root: 138
- Gravel: 73
- Phillies: 36
- Kubby: 32
- NOTA: 1

[1:44pm] Kubby drops off. A motion to drop Phillies off the ballot was soundly defeated.

[1:49pm] Kubby has endorsed Mary Ruwart. Everyone saw that coming.

[1:58pm] A lot of talking going on now as we go into the third ballot. The lovely Jennifer Chambrin is seated in front of me right now.

[2:10pm] Third Ballot:
- Barr: 186
- Ruwart: 186
- Root: 146
- Gravel: 78
- Phillies: 31
- NOTA: 2

[2:13pm] Phillies is out.

[2:17pm] Phillies: "The enemy is not here."

[2:18pm] Phillies made no formal endorsement.

[2:35pm] Fourth Ballot:
- Barr: 202
- Ruwart: 202
- Root: 149
- Gravel: 76
- NOTA: 2

[2:36pm] Gravel is out. Word is that he will not make an endorsement.

[2:47pm] Barr and Root are meeting - potentially to discuss a deal.

[2:59pm] Barr and Root just walked out of the room. The big news right now is this Washington Times article: "Mary Ruwart: The longtime Libertarian activist and author is a leading "purist" in the party who prompted a furor over a book condemned as defending child pornography."

[3:01pm] Root just endorsed Barr and announced his candidacy for VP.

[3:09pm] The details...Root wanted a guarantee that Barr would not seek the nomination in 2012. Once talk of the Washington Times article started making its way around the convention, talk of deal started.

[3:12pm] Comedian Doug Stanhope just walked onto the convention floor.

[3:13pm] There is still one more vote to go. It's not in the bag yet.

[3:32pm] Bob Barr is the Libertarian Party nominee for President.

[3:35pm] Sixth Round:
- Barr: 324 (WINNER)
- Ruwart: 276
- NOTA: 4

[4:14pm] I just got back from the Barr press conference. I'll have video of that later. The latest catch is that Steve Kubby will run for VP and he'll be endorsed by Ruwart.

[4:46pm] We are voting on the VP nominee. There are several lower-tier candidates, but this will come down to Root and Kubby. The Georgia delegation seems to be lining up solidly behind Root.

[4:49pm] Radley Balko: "It’s the first time the LP has nominated a serious candidate in a long time. I’ve become rather fond of Barr over his 5-year conversion to libertarianism. Second place went to nutjob Mary Ruwart, who would have continued the party’s long history of kook-ism."

[4:53pm] A Kubby supporter came up and spoke with me a moment ago about my vote for the VP nominee. I am going to vote for Root. I like Kubby, but I have concerns about his health.

[4:59pm] Ruwart is speaking in support of Kubby for VP. One of my fellow delegates just switched from Kubby to Root because Ruwart was offered the VP slot, which she would have easily won. In other words, this wouldn't even be an issue if Ruwart would have accepted a deal to support Barr.

[5:06pm] Barr is now speaking to the body in support of Wayne Root.

[5:07pm] Jennifer Chambrin is on stage with Barr.

[5:10pm] I was given a sign for Root that has the word "vice" written in on it. It now reads, "Root for Vice President."

[5:25pm] Here is the story from CNN.

[5:26pm] Barr will have another reception tonight.

[5:30pm] First VP Ballot:
- Root: 269 (49%)
- Kubby: 209 (37%)
- Williams: 40 (7%)

[5:31pm] These three will go to another ballot. Three lower-tier candidates will drop off because they failed to meet the 5% threshold.

[5:35pm] Georgia Delegation - Root: 30 Kubby: 2 Lightfoot: 1

[5:37pm] The three lower-tier candidates are all endorsing Kubby.

[5:39pm] Daniel Williams won't appear on the next ballot. He is dropping out and endorsing Root.

[5:56pm] Second VP Ballot:
- Root: 289 (51%) **WINNER**
- Kubby: 255 (45%)
- Williams: 14 (3%)
- NOTA: 6 (1%)

[5:57pm] Here are Stephen Littau's parting thoughts from the convention.

[10:00pm] I just got back from the LP banquet and the Barr/Root reception. Let me tell you. This is a good ticket and serious ticket. The LP managed to band together, though it struggled to do so, and nominate two individuals who understand politics, business and policy.

It was good to see David Nolan and Steve Kubby show up for the reception and show their support for the ticket. There was no purging, but there was healthy debate between two sincere factions that have only the best interest of the party at heart. We are growing up.