Bob Barr Is The Libertarian Party Nominee

Former Georgia congressman Bob Barr, who used to be a Republican, today won the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination. It took six rounds of voting at the party's convention in Denver to settle on Barr, one of the lawmakers who led the impeachement proceedings against then-President Clinton. In this statement issued by the party, Barr says "we emerge here with the strongest ticket in the history of the Libertarian Party."Jeri Dobbin, left, looks on as her husband former Republican congressman Bob Barr accepts the Libertarian Presidential nomination at the Libertarian National Convention.Party spokesman Andrew Davis says in the statement that "we're proud to present to the American voters Bob Barr as our Presidential nominee. While Republicans and Democrats will fight for their own power, Libertarians will fight for Americans. ... Republicans and Democrats have good reason to fear a candidate like Barr, who refuses to accept the 'business-as-usual' attitude of the current political establishment."