Liberty MavenMcCain should be worried about Ron Paul and Bob Barr
July 31st, 2008 7:08 pm | by Mike Miller | Published in Bob Barr, Election, Liberty, Neo-con, Politics, Ron Paul | Comment
A recent MSNBC News article discusses briefly how, in the midwest especially, conservatives and “Ron Paul activists” are running away from McCain and into the arms of Bob Barr (and even Chuck Baldwin). Naturally, as the media tends to enjoy doing, they play up the “spoiler” angle, but the message that McCain is in no way, shape, or form a conservative comes through loud and clear. And he certainly has cause for worry.
“In the libertarian-leaning West, where Paul’s message of distrust of the federal government and ardent individualism played particularly well, there is talk of Republicans straying from McCain,” the AP writes. “Libertarian candidate Bob Barr has emerged as a favorite alternative for Paul activists, followed by Constitutional Party candidate Chuck Baldwin. Even if the numbers of such dissenters are small, in tight contests in key Western states they could spoil McCain’s chances, experts say.”
