youtube.com— Bob Barr talks about his political evolution, the campaign and his message. There are also appearances from Rob Kampia from the Marijuana Policy Project and David Boaz from the Cato Institute.
Jul 31, 2008View in Crawl 4
I admire a thoughtful man who can change his mind when the evidence shows that he was wrong.We do not ever want another President like King George the Dumber that will never change his mind. Being completely steafast is not a virtue.Changing with the polling numbers as Obama does is also not a virtue.Reasoned review of one's positions and adjustments based on evidence are the mark of wisdom.Bob Barr has done that.
The real reason is because we have a presidential electoral system that gravitates towards plurality (a two party system). Specifically, it is a winner-take-all system. There are no seats for people who come in second in our elections, therefore people rationally choose not to waste their vote and vote for parties that are established, eg two in a winner-take-all system. They vote with the party closest to their ideals that are most likely to win. So essentially institutional barriers filter smaller parties into the two major parties. Canada is a confusing case; but it is able to maintain its multi-party system, because it has no real third party candidate competition in the same district.
Closed AccountJul 31, 2008
At last some intelligence in the Presidential race... I am so sick of the other airheads!
caferrellJul 31, 2008
I admire a thoughtful man who can change his mind when the evidence shows that he was wrong.We do not ever want another President like King George the Dumber that will never change his mind. Being completely steafast is not a virtue.Changing with the polling numbers as Obama does is also not a virtue.Reasoned review of one's positions and adjustments based on evidence are the mark of wisdom.Bob Barr has done that.
caferrellAug 1, 2008
That might be changing paisano.
jair428Aug 1, 2008
why are all these libertarians soooo old?we need a hot candidate!
800266622Aug 1, 2008
The real reason is because we have a presidential electoral system that gravitates towards plurality (a two party system). Specifically, it is a winner-take-all system. There are no seats for people who come in second in our elections, therefore people rationally choose not to waste their vote and vote for parties that are established, eg two in a winner-take-all system. They vote with the party closest to their ideals that are most likely to win. So essentially institutional barriers filter smaller parties into the two major parties. Canada is a confusing case; but it is able to maintain its multi-party system, because it has no real third party candidate competition in the same district.