Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman from Georgia, announced a presidential exploratory committee on Saturday, signaling a possible run at the White House as a Libertarian.
He already has a Web site up at www.BobBarr2008.com. He made the announcement at the Heartland Libertarian Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Barr's full release is after the jump.
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Colombia has terminated its contract with the communications firm of Mark Penn, the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton under fire for discussing a pending free trade pact that Clinton opposes.
Penn, CEO of Burson-Marsteller, had declared on Friday that it was "an error in judgment" to meet with Colombia's ambassador last week. On Saturday, the Colombian government cited Penn's statement in ending its agreement with Burson-Marsteller, which had performed public relations work and consulting for the government in the United States.
"The Colombian government considers this a lack of respect to Colombians, and finds this response unacceptable,"
John McCain, speaking in Memphis on the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, said he was wrong to vote against a federal holiday in honor of King. The audience clamored and booed McCain when he acknowledged the vote -- see the video below.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama also spoke about King today, Clinton in Memphis and Obama in Fort Wayne, Ind.
See Clinton's speech here. See Obama's speech here.
Hillary Clinton's campaign released her and her husband's tax returns for the eight years they've been out of the White House. The forms are available for download here.
A quick glance shows that the former president and First Lady have made more than $109 million combined since from 2000 to 2007. More than $81 million has come from President Bill Clinton's speeches and books. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) has earned $10.5 million for her books. Together, they paid $33.7 million in taxes.
For those keeping score: Drudge Report says it's the first to have the numbers, which have been much awaited since Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) released his returns earlier this month.
As MyDD's BlueIndiana reported yesterday, Barack Obama is running a statewide ad campaign in Indiana focusing on jobs, a topic Obama and Hillary Clinton will need to address "if they want to win the votes of countless Hoosiers who have lost their jobs over the last five years."
Today both Clinton and Obama reacted to the Labor Department's March jobs report, in which the Labor Department announced a 5.1% unemployment rate after 80,000 jobs were cut in March.
Obama and Clinton agreed that Republican policies caused the nation's current economic situation
Hillary Clinton told reporters today that she is "used to being outspent" by Barack Obama in the Democratic race.
When asked about being outspent by Obama in Pennsylvania, Clinton said, "He's obviously putting a lot of emphasis on Pennsylvania, and so am I...and I obviously am being outspent."
Clinton said Obama had outspent her 5-1 in Rhode Island and 4-1 in Texas and added, "I'm used to being outspent."
Clinton won the Rhode Island and Texas primaries, but lost Texas' caucus. Obama reportedly outspent Clinton 5-1 on television ads in Pennsylvania last week.
Hillary Clinton was asked at a press conference Thursday if she told Bill Richardson, as has been reported, that Obama cannot win.
Clinton said she did not talk about private conversations, but said "I've consistently made the case that I can win, because I can win" saying that some misstake that as saying Obama cannot win.
John Edwards said Thursday he would not accept a VP offer from either Obama or Clinton as he did from John Kerry in 2004. Edwards has not endorsed either candidate.
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