How Barr Brought It
Dispatches from the Libertarian Party's 2008 Convention
reason Associate Editor David Weigel traveled to Denver over the Memorial Day weekend to cover the Libertarian Party's national convention, which culminated in former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root being selected as the presidential and vice-presidential standardbearers for the nation's third-largest party in the 2008 presidential election.
Read all of Weigel's coverage in sequence:
"Who Isn't Trying to Take Over the Libertarian Party?: Scenes from the LP's most newsworthy convention in years" (May 23)
"Anarchists of the World, Unite!: The Libertarian Party's radical candidates aren't conceding anything to the media-appointed frontrunners" (May 24)
"Three Hits and a Miss: The Libertarian Party debate elevates Barr, Kubby, and Root, while Ruwart underperforms" (May 25)
"Citizen Bob: How Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root took over the Libertarian Party" (May 26)
And don't miss his blog entries during the convention, which can be read here.
reason.tv interviewed Barr before the convention. Watch the 15-minute video by clicking here.