Below The Beltway

Hey, it’s the Libertarian National Convention, lots of wacky things could happen:
“Tucker Carlson for president?” That’s the headline at the personal blog for Brendan Nyhan, a former Spinsanity editor who is now a graduate student in political science at Duke. Nyhan says that Carlson, the former “Crossfire” host and former writer for The Weekly Standard, [...]

Stephen Littau and Jason Pye, two of my co-contributors at The Liberty Papers will be attending the Libertarian National Convention in Denver, which begins tomorrow:
The Libertarian National Convention will run this Memorial Day weekend beginning on Thursday, May 22nd and ending on Monday, May 26th. I plan on attending the convention representing The Liberty Papers [...]

Too Conservative poses this question to persons such as myself supporting Bob Barr’s bid for the Libertarian Party’s Presidential nomination:
Do you genuinely believe that Bob Barr is the best person in the country to lead the United States in 2008?
I’m tempted to respond to this by asking — what makes you think that John McCain [...]

The Politico is reporting that Bob Barr will officially announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s Presidential nomination on Monday:
Bob Barr, the conservative former Georgia congressman, will announce next week that he’s running for president as a Libertarian, according to a source familiar with his plans.
Barr launched an exploratory committee last month and sent out [...]

An explanation:
Hi there - I’m the writer, director, editor, and producer of the video in question, and while I admit it’s somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it’s not intended to be anti-libertarian by any means. I wrote the poem 10 years ago when a Koch Associate applied to work for my organization and listed “libertarianism, poetry” as her [...]

Wayne Allen Root, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party’s Nomination, was interviewed recently on Chicago TV station WGN:

Root doesn’t have the name recognition of Bob Barr, but he’s well-spoken and, like the former Georgia Congressman, a former Republican. It’s too bad he no longer felt at home in the GOP.
H/T: Third Party Watch

Former Congressman Bob Barr appeared on Antiwar Radio and discussed the possibility of running for the Libertarian Party’s Presidential Nomination.

Sounds to me like he’s in.

Once again, there’s speculation that former Congressman Bob Barr may be running for President as a Libertarian:
Bob Barr for president? According to the Washington Times, the former Republican congressman from Cherokee County confirms he is considering a run for the White House as a Libertarian.
“There is great deal [of] dissatisfaction with the candidates for the [...]

I’ve got my initial thoughts about the issue up at The Liberty Papers

Just in time for the 2008 elections, Virginia once again has an active chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: D. J. McGuire (djmcguire_1999@yahoo.com)
Republican Liberty Caucus Organizes in Virginia
(ARLINGTON, December 1, 2007) — The Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia was reorganized today in a formal meeting taking place in conjunction with the Republican [...]