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Monday, June 23, 2008
Would you vote for Bob Barr?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republicans are worried that in 2008 Bob Barr may be Ralph Nader, the guy Democrats blame for sending Al Gore home in 2000.
He won’t get more than 4 percent of the vote nationally, predicted Georgia’s U.S. Rep. John Linder, “but in some states that may be enough.” Most all of Barr’s vote is expected to come from those who would otherwise vote for John McCain.
That would twice-please Democrats. Barr was the first member of Congress to call for Bill Clinton’s resignation after Monica Lewinsky and was one of the House managers who made the case for impeachment to the U.S. Senate.
Barr drew 6 percent in a recent poll in Georgia, which could be enough to put the state in play.
I’ve already declared that I’ll not vote for Barr — or any other third party candidate. Ross Perot’s 19 percent got us Bill Clinton in 1992. Barr is a spoiler, but disenchanted Republicans are out there, especially among fiscal conservatives, that McCain has not yet captured. And maybe he won’t.
Question of the day to Democrats and Republicans: What would make you vote for Bob Barr?
I have no intentions of doing it, but if I came to believe that there was no difference on national security, on taxes and on judicial appointments, I could essentially sit this one out and vote for Barr, a guy I like and respect.
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