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Colorado: Bob Barr

Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:05

Obama up 7 in Colorado, CNN/Time poll shows

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading Colorado by 7 percentage points over Republican opponent John McCain, according to a Time/CNN poll released Wednesday.

Obama led McCain in Colorado 50-43 in the poll; Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr polled 3 percent, independent candidate Ralph Nader polled 3 percent, and Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney polled 1 percent.

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Mon, 07/21/2008 - 17:34

New poll shows Obama, McCain neck-and-neck; Barr polls 8 percent

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

The latest Zogby poll shows presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leading presumptive Republican opponent John McCain by only two percentage points in Colorado.

But the poll's real surprise was that Libertarian presidential nominee, former GOP U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, polled 8 percent.

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Fri, 05/30/2008 - 14:00

This Week's Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

[img_assist|nid=1188|title=|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=107]In this edition of weekly Winners & Losers, Mr. Irrelevant stays irrelevant, while a superdelegate does a super job in timing. We also poke some fun at our favorite Marine colonel, wonder how hard it is to get 6,000 signatures or even 1,000 signatures to make the ballot.

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Sun, 05/25/2008 - 16:05

Barr captures Libertarian presidential nomination

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr won the Libertarian nomination for president Sunday afternoon at the Denver Sheraton.

Barr won on the sixth ballot over longtime Libertarian activist Mary Ruwart 54 percent to 46 percent.

Libertarian National Convention delegates now have to select a vice-presidential candidate. Barr has backed third-place presidential finisher Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada; Root helped Barr secure the nomination by swinging his support to Barr during the last ballot.

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Sat, 05/24/2008 - 21:08

Libertarian presidential candidates debate in Denver

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

  [img_assist|nid=1339|title=Seven Libertarians debate in Denver|desc=From left: former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr; former U.S. Sen.

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Fri, 05/23/2008 - 16:47

Libertarians mull presidential pick at national convention in Denver

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1331|title=Libertarian National Convention delegates discuss party bylaws Friday in Denver|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=231|height=173]While Denver prepares for the Democratic National Convention in August, more than 1,000 delegates will gather at the Denver Sheraton this weekend for the Libertarian National Convention.

In contrast to the upcoming DNC or the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis this September, the 2008 Libertarian National Convention is anything but a coronation.

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