Now that Bob Barr (GA) has secured the Libertarian nomination for president efforts to get him in the political mix pick up pace. Not surprisingly some in the Libertarian party have begun to push Barr's inclusion in the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
Libertarian Party to hold candidate debate in Denver tonight. The debate will take place at 7:00 PM (MST), moderated by Fox News contributor James Pinkerton. The debate is scheduled to be broadcast live by C-SPAN.
From the website The Liberty Papers
Half of the candidates vying for the Libertarian Party's nomination for president have qualified to participate in tonight's presidential debate at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention.The debate happened, little media attention and on multiple ballots the next day Barr gets the Libertarian nomination.Candidates must collect 30 tokens in order to qualify for a 16-minute nominating speech to be given on Sunday before the voting begins. For the presidential debate, candidates had to collect 10 percent of the delegate tokens available by Saturday morning. That number was 57.
The candidates who qualified for Saturday's debate are as follows:
Bob Barr (94 tokens)
Wayne Allyn Root (94 tokens)
Mary Ruwart (94 tokens)
Mike Gravel (67 tokens)
Mike Jingozian (63 tokens)
George Phillies (62 tokens)
Steve Kub by 60 tokens)"We're very excited to have a healthy number of candidates involved in tonight's presidential debate," says Libertarian Party National Media Coordinator Andrew Davis.
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