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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr just finished up on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
It's clear that Barr is having an impact in a number of states - including New Hampshire and Colorado, where Zogby polls show him over 10 percent - and could make a difference in others, including Florida.
The problem at Comedy Central is that stuff is always about to get interesting, then veers off. Here's one exchange:
Colbert: Do you guys believe in global warming?
Barr: Global warming is a fact, but we believe that the market ought to take care of it, not the government.
Colbert: I agree. I say let the market decide what is and isn't a glacier.
Barr: And if people want to make ice cubes out of it, that's up to them.
Colbert: Now, you at one point said global warming was not a fact. And then, this summer, you went to one of Al Gore's ...events in Washington, and you came out of it and said that global warming is a reality, as most every organization who has studied the matter has concluded.
What changed your mind about what happened, that weekend?
Barr: Actually, I had a very nice session at Al Gore's house a few days before that. But that didn't really change anything. We did have a good cigar, by the way, at his house.
Colbert: You and Al had a good cigar?
Barr: Actually, we did.
Colbert: A different cigar. Not one cigar.
Barr: No...
Colbert: You weren't working your way toward the center.
Barr: That would be difficult.
Colbert: That would be difficult, but fun to watch.....
Barr did get a plug in about the polling, and concluded with another Zogby stat indicating that 55 percent of Americans think that Barr (and Ralph Nader) should be included in the presidential debates.
