Hello. Smither. You're. Quite. Good. At. Turning. Me. On.

You met Bob Smither this morning via Shawn Macomber's profile. Over at the Washington Times, Reason contributor Robert Stacy McCain reveals that former Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) has endorsed Smither.

"In light of the less-than-conservative agenda that the Republicans in Congress have pursued, I'm delighted to support a Libertarian candidate, Bob Smither, who I think will most definitely stick to his small-government philosophy," Mr. Barr said yesterday in a telephone interview from his Atlanta law office. "I don't see him going to Washington and voting for bigger government the way so many Republicans have done."

Ron Gunzberger, the editor of Politics1, is hearing that the GOP has already given up on the Texas-22 race as the local Republicans descend into a Illinois 2004-style meltdown.