Comments on: Bob Barr New Hampshire Petition Has Enough Valid Signatures

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:17:13 +0000

If you average the number of times a Libertarian has been on the presidential ballot in nh over the last two cycles it works out to one per presidential election

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:55:52 +0000

the NH SOS is now displaying that Barr is on the ticket. So Barr has gotten his donation and the comments section mentions the NH team and Eric Dondero.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:17:48 +0000

It’s absolutely absurd that NH will put two Libertarians on the ballot — Phillies and Barr. Can you imagine them doing that to the Dems — putting Obama AND Hillary on the ballot?

By: James Orleans

James Orleans — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:12:44 +0000

Well, I guess McCain can kiss his chances in NH goodbye.

Barr polls around 10% in NH, and most are libertarian leaning Republicans, not anti-war Democrats.

By: George Dance

George Dance — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:35:29 +0000

Say what you like about Eric Dondero, but he and his associates did a heck of a job getting the LP ticket onto the ballot in New England. Even if he does backslide and end up voting for McCain/Prickley, he deserves credit and thanks for that.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:04:28 +0000

Glad to hear it, will be voting for Barr in Nov.

By: M Carling

M Carling — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:14:40 +0000

I’m not aware of any evidence that George Phillies’ insistence on staying on the ballot even though he is not the nominee is egotistically driven. It may or not be. However, there is no question that it is injurious to the Libertarian Party.

If both Barr and Phillies are listed on the ballot as Libertarians (which should be the case unless the suit brought jointly by Barr/LP/LPNH is successful), then I expect Barr will receive more votes than Phillies.

It is very disappointing that Phillies has not joined the suit for substitution in NH. Perhaps it’s not too late to do the right thing. I expect most LP members would forgive Phillies if he were to join the suit for substitution. I would.

By: Coming back to the LP

Coming back to the LP — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:59:53 +0000

Agreed. George Phillies should not be on the ballot. He has betrayed his fellow Libertarians by pursuing this egotistical but damaging campaign.

By: Mike Gillis

Mike Gillis — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:44:36 +0000

Richard,

What will Barr’s party affiliation be listed as? Libertarian? Independent?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:47 +0000

The Secretary of State will put Bob Barr on the list of candidates (on the Secretary’s web page) after his staff uses an adding machine to get the statewide total of signatures already verified by the various towns. The Libertarians who collected all the signatures from the various town clerks already added up the numbers of valid signatures from each town; that’s how it is known there are enough valid signatures.