“Bob Barr, a onetime Republican congressman from Georgia, on Monday announced his plan to run for president as a Libertarian, promising to rein in federal spending and limit military involvement abroad. ‘The government has run amok fiscally,’ Barr said at a news conference. During the first quarter of this year, he said, the private sector lost millions of jobs while the federal government was ‘hiring with enthusiasm.’ Barr, who left the Republican Party two years ago, is expected to win the Libertarian Party’s nomination during its convention this month in Denver.” [editor’s note: “Expected” by whom? Reports of a coronation are premature! - TLK] (05/13/08)