Former Rep. Bob Barr says a number of Republicans have been trying to persuade him not to run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, but none has given him a convincing reason.
The former Republican congressman from Georgia formed an exploratory committee last month and told The Washington Times he has since been subjected to the behind-the-scenes pressure from Republicans not to run.
Mr. Barr says even people who have tried to dissuade him understand why he thinks it important to raise issues from what he calls a "genuinely conservative" perspective and to offer alternatives to the positions of the two major-party candidates.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Times today that "Bob Barr will make it marginally easier for Barack Obama to become president. That outcome threatens every libertarian value Barr professes to champion."
Russ Verney, an advisor to the 1992 Ross Perot presidential campaign and his 1996 campaign manager, has been working with Mr. Barr's exploratory committee "to help put together the infrastructure for his presidential run," Libertarian Party spokesman Andrew Davis said.
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080511/NATION/904208419/1001More at the link. :popcorn:
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