From The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/14/08:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/mccain-suffers-a-dose-of-the-democrats/2008/05/13/1210444435383.html
By Anne Davies
AFTER months of a relatively free run, thanks to the Democratic
Party's distractions, the Republican presumptive nominee John McCain
ran into some turbulence from his own side of politics when a
little-known former congressman announced he would run as a
libertarian candidate, on a platform of smaller government.
Bob Barr said on Monday he was launching a presidential bid because
voters were hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would
dramatically cut the federal government.
His candidacy could draw votes from Senator McCain, particularly from
the small but solid sup****t base of Ron Paul, who attracted 2 to 8 per
cent of the vote in the primaries on a similar small-government
platform.
Mr Barr, who has hired Ross P*****'s former campaign manager,
acknowledged that some Republicans had tried to discourage him from
running.
But he said he was getting in the race to win, not to play a spoiler
or to make a point.
Meanwhile, Senator McCain is working to distance himself from the
President, George Bush, on issues such as the environment - and for
good reason.
A new Wa****ngton Post-ABC News poll shows that eight in 10 now say the
country is headed in the wrong direction, and Mr Bush's popularity has
reached new lows.
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