Former Congressman Bob Barr, a by-the-book conservative who helped to impeach Bill Clinton back in the 90s, will likely announce a bid for the presidency this weekend.
Barr is a former Republican, and is now a member of the Libertarian Party, and will likely win that party's nomination, should he decide to run.
This is bad news for the McCain campaign, because a number of conservatives in the party have not been convinced that McCain is a true conservative. And these conservatives might see Barr as their conservative savior, and as a candidate that they're comfortable voting for.
If he announces his candidacy this weekend at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, then it can be nothing but bad news for McCain. At the very least, his support will cancel out Ralph Nader's support on the left. But it might be worse than that.
Remember Ross Perot? That conservative 3rd party candidate who split the conservative vote with then-President George Bush (daddy) and handed over the presidency to Billy Clinton back in '92?
Well, Barr might do just the same thing. Okay, maybe it will be to a lesser extent, but you get my point.
Thus far, McCain has received lukewarm (at best) support from the right, and conservatives in the party might shop elsewhere just so they can sleep at night. And in this difficult election year, McCain needs all the help he can get. And this can only hurt him.
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