Bob Barr Spoiler AP Story On Front Page Of Yahoo

June 22nd, 2008 1:50 pm  |  by  |  Published in Bob Barr, Election, Liberty, Media, Politics  |  0

An Associated Press story on Bob Barr worrying the GOP about taking votes away from John McCain is currently linked on the front page of Yahoo. The story is just a standard refrain of the conventional wisdom of Bob Barr’s spoiler role in November.

“Bob could be the Ralph Nader of 2008,” said Dan Schnur, a GOP consultant in California who worked on McCain’s 2000 campaign but is not involved in this year’s contest. Consumer advocate Nader is the third-party candidate many Democrats blame for helping George W. Bush narrowly win in 2000.

Rep. John Linder, a Republican who defeated Barr in 2002 after Georgia’s Democratic-controlled Legislature redrew congressional boundaries to put the two lawmakers in the same district, said he didn’t think Barr would top 4 percent of the vote.

“But in some states that may be enough,” Linder said.

Democrats seem gleeful at the prospect. Tad Devine, a Washington-based Democratic strategist, said Republicans “are crazy if they aren’t worried about Barr.”

“Undoubtedly any votes he gets come out of McCain’s votes,” Devine said. “He hurts them.”

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