More Gravel-Barr Discussion
From John Nichols's Online Beat Blog on TheNation.com:
"Gravel,
a quirky but often contender contender, spiced up the early Democratic
debates by suggesting that most of the other candidates scared him with
their casual talk of flexing the nation's nuclear capacity. Those
comments earned Gravel a disinvitation to later debates. But he
continued to campaign, raising a little bit of money and a lot of
important issues, especially with regard to needed reforms in the
political process. None of this got him many votes and he won no
delegates to Democratic National Convention."
And, regarding Bob Barr's potential candidacy:
"But
a ticket made up of a former Democratic senator and a former Republican
congressman who find agreement on a number of Constitutional issues
would gain attention - and perhaps a decent number of votes - in a fall
election season that may see former adherents of both major parties
casting about for alternatives."
And
you can check out the comments under Nichols's post if you're in the
mood to read the predictable "if you vote for a third party, you're
voting for McCain" garbage and the handful of "I vote on conscience" or
"I wouldn't vote for Barak Obama or Hillary Clinton anyway" responses...
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