Thread: Majority Want Bob Barr Included in Presidential Debates

Zogby Poll: Majority Want Libertarian Bob Barr Included in Presidential Debates
Majority of Independents - 59% - also favor inclusion of Ralph Nader in debates this fall

More than half of likely voters nationwide - 55% - want Republican-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr to participate in presidential debates this fall, while nearly half - 46% - said they think Ralph Nader should be allowed into the on-stage fray, the latest Zogby Interactive polling shows.

Among political independents, 69% said Barr should be at a lectern with Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, and a majority of Republicans and Democrats agreed. Among Democrats, 52% said they think Barr should participate, while 50% of Republicans agreed.

Thirty-nine percent of Democrats and 41% of Republicans said they did not think Barr should be included in the debates.

The younger the respondent, the more likely they were to say that Barr should be included. Those at each end of the philosophical spectrum were more supportive of the idea of including Barr and Ralph Nader in the debates, while those in the middle were less supportive.

As for Nader, who has run unsuccessfully in the last two presidential elections, 45% overall said he should be included in the debates, including 59% of independents. Among Democrats, 41% said Nader should be included, while 42% of Republicans agreed.

Frankly, I don't see any problem with including Baldwin, Barr and Nader.

Originally Posted by Defensor

Zogby Poll: Majority Want Libertarian Bob Barr Included in Presidential Debates
Majority of Independents - 59% - also favor inclusion of Ralph Nader in debates this fall

I would fall into that majority, I think it would be good to have both Nader and Barr in the debates, at least for one of them anyway. I wouldn't go any further down the political food chain than that though.

So who are all the people who are against this then? (Since we know Barr and Nader AREN'T going to get in)

Obama needs all the votes he can get. So for the debates open them up..."Send in the clowns!"

Originally Posted by Defensor

So who are all the people who are against this then? (Since we know Barr and Nader AREN'T going to get in)

I dunno. Why don't you go to every Internet board and ask!

I wonder if Barr can twitch his goofy little Boston Blackie style moustache from side to side.

Originally Posted by Davocrat

Obama needs all the votes he can get. So for the debates open them up..."Send in the clowns!"

How would opening the debates up possibly get more votes for Obongo? :whistling:

Originally Posted by Defensor

How would opening the debates up possibly get more votes for Obongo? :whistling:

The three third party candidates demonstrate their ineffectiveness as presidential contenders and their supporters abandon them for the premier public speaker Obama.

Originally Posted by Bourne

The three third party candidates demonstrate their ineffectiveness as presidential contenders and their supporters abandon them for the premier public speaker Obama.

Why, will Obongo will have his teleprompter with him? :laughing:

Anyone seen him trying to give a speech that calls on him to use real oratorical skills rather than 100% rote memorization? It ain't pretty.


But in reality, the presence of third party candidates would embarrass McBama, which is why the Republocrats will keep them out.