A Beginning and an End in Politics

On Sunday, the Libertarian Party held a mock election in Denver. The result has given some light regarding their decision for the party’s representative.

After six rounds of ballot casting, representative Bob Barr who was a former Republican emerged as the party’s presidential candidate against the scientist and researcher, Mary Ruwart.

The voting results were 324 and 276 in favor of former Georgia representative Bob Barr beating scientist. This was actually Ruwart’s second time in seeking the party’s nomination for presidency. The first happened in 1983, which was unsuccessful just like this year.

Supposedly, Wayne Root was the one endorsed by former Rep. Barr to be his running mate who will serve as his vice presidential nominee. Unfortunately, Root was eliminated during the casting of votes in the fifth round.

Despite of not having his friend along, Rep. Barr is willing to take the chance and run in the race. He is positive that his role in the coming election will not be a spoiler but rather a true candidate who is in the running to win.

Furthermore, former Rep. Barr is anticipating that the party will be in written on the ballots encompassing at least 48 states. He is also hoping that the party will qualify in the states of Oklahoma and West Virginia to make to make it fifty.

Apart from that, former Rep. Barr also expects to receive an invitation to be a part of the national debates since he is qualified with a poll support of fifteen percent and of more coming registered voters. Definitely, the Sunday meeting shed a beginning for former Rep. Barr.

The End

On the other hand, Sunday did not prove to be a good day for the former Alaska senator, Mike Gravel. Somehow, the election signified the end of his political career. The former senator just dropped out from the Democratic presidential race claiming that the Democratic Party is no longer representing his values. He cited the continuously raging war in Iraq as the reason for his drop out.

In spite of that, the former senator is happy to have ended his career as a politician. For him it was not such a big deal. He added that being a writer and a lecturer, he could still continue being an advocate of liberty and justice. He further said that he will be pushing the issues mentioned above until the day he dies.

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