Barr Running for President

Former GOP Congressman Bob Barr has announced he will run for President as a Libertarian. This comes despite protests from some Republicans that he could hurt John McCain’s chances. Barr left the Republican Party in 2006 citing the party’s stance on civil liberties. Four years earlier, he lost a re-election bid to keep his Georgia House seat.

Now, Barr says there needs to be an alternative to McCain and Democratic front runner Barrack Obama.

“It’s not a choice if the only two candidates presented to the American People are Senator McCain and Senator Obama… Two establishment candidates that are very much Washington creatures.”

Barr oversaw the House impeachment case against former President Bill Clinton. He has the support of about three percent of Americans according to a recent Zogby poll. If Barr does enter the race today, he will have to be nominated at the Libertarian convention, later this month.