The speculation is over and the while the watch was on to see what he was going to do, he was called many different names, spoiler among them, now you can add Presidential Candidate to the list:

Former US congressman Bob Barr on Monday announced plans to run for president on the Libertarian Party’s ticket, in a move some analysts say could hurt Republican presumptive nominee John McCain.

“My name is Bob Barr and I’m a candidate for the presidency of the United States of America,” said the former Republican lawmaker, who played a key role in the congressional impeachment of former president Bill Clinton.

Barr said he was running because there was not “currently or anywhere on the horizon” any candidate who understood the principles of fiscal conservatism and basic principles on which he said America was founded.

The former Georgia congressman, who announced his plans at a press conference here, must first win the Libertarian Party’s nomination before throwing himself into the 2008 field for real.

The 59-year-old said he was not concerned about the prospect of damaging McCain, possibly among conservative voters whom the Republican candidate has had trouble courting.

“If Senator McCain … does not succeed in winning the presidency … it will be because Senator McCain did not present, and his party did not present, a vision, an agenda, a platform and a series of programs that actually resonated positively with the American people.”

Can’t argue with any of that. If people are attracted to a Ralph Nader or a Bob Barr candidacy, the fault lies with the other candidates not because Third Parties had the gall to nominate candidates and run.

Even though the field is crowded for the nomination to run for president in the Libertarian Party; with a millionaire sports handicapper and a far left wing former US Senator from Alaska who was lower tier 2008 Democrat presidential candidate among them, Bob Barr should be the front-runner to win the nomination the Libertarian Party Convention in the summer.

You can hear our interview with Bob Barr from 2 weeks ago.

You have to wonder what role, if any, Ron Paul plays in this. With Paul NOT endorsing John McCain, his endorsement could be key for Barr and could lead to a TON of money and millions of supporters from around the Country for Barr.

I wonder if this is over the line just a little:

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn, an Obama supporter, compared Clinton to the Glenn Close character in “Fatal Attraction” — a spurned woman turned stalker who was apparently drowned in a bathtub only to jump up one more time to be shot dead.

“Glenn Close should have stayed in that tub, and Sen. Clinton has had a remarkable career and needs to move to the next step, which is helping elect the Democratic nominee,” Cohen said during a local TV interview. He later apologized for his comments.

A spurned woman turned stalker, drowned and shot dead?? Are we seeing a meltdown of the Democrat Party unfolding before our eyes?

A Ross Report source has told me that a high-level New York State Republican tells them that the state party still believes Vito Fossella will announce either his resignation or his end-of-term retirement later today as per an “understanding” they had with Fossella’s camp.  Fossella’s people say there will be no news of any kind today.  Either way, Fossella is finished.

The question remains for the GOP, how best to retain the seat in Republican hands?  There are 2 scenarios that could unfold.

Scenario 1: Fossella resigns immediately.  A special election would happen which could help Republicans since it would take place in the middle of the summer and feature a pretty low turnout enabling the better-organized Staten Island GOP to get out their vote.

Scenario 2: Fossella stays until the end of his term.  This would allow the GOP more time to recruit and sell a replacement candidate but would force that person to compete in the general election which, in a presidential year, will feature a huge turnout that could favor the Dems.

National and state GOP leaders say they have made it clear they do NOT support Fossella running for reelection and will NOT give him any support.

With the prospect of Bob Barr running for president on the Libertarian ticket growing stronger with each passing day, many Republicans, while conceding that he has the right to run, can understand why he is running and agreeing that McCain is not Conservative, are urging Barr not to run anyway:

Former Rep. Bob Barr says a number of Republicans have been trying to persuade him not to run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, but none has given him a convincing reason.

The former Republican congressman from Georgia formed an exploratory committee last month and told The Washington Times that he has since been subjected to the behind-the-scenes pressure from Republicans not to run.

Mr. Barr says even people who have tried to dissuade him understand why he thinks it important to raise issues from what he calls a “genuinely conservative” perspective and to offer alternatives to the positions of the two major-party candidates.

“In the month since we formed our exploratory committee, not a single Republican who has spoken with me to try and convince me not to seek the Libertarian nomination has disagreed with my reasons for considering a run,” Mr. Barr told The Times yesterday in an e-mail exchange before leaving London on a flight to Atlanta.

Most Republicans who asked him not to run “also said they understand why I’d run and why John McCain is not conservative and will not seriously tackle the growth in government power and spending,” he said. “Some said they would vote for me if I ran, but for the sake of the Republican Party, they would prefer I didn’t.”

All I can say is, that while this Country is still a republic, with a representative form of government, where the people choose their representatives, Third Parties are allowed to field candidates to give additional choices to voters not happy with the current selection.

We certainly can’t have it both ways, meaning that those people who were ectastic that Ralph Nader ran in 2000, and affected Al Gore’s, can’t now be saying it’s unfair for Bob Barr to run, which may hurt McCain.

If this a problem, then perhaps the GOP should have nominated a better candidate than John McCain and this wouldn’t be an issue.

You’ve read about it here several times over the past months, American’s for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit is coming to Trenton on May 29th and 30th.  It will be an all star conservative event that everyone should have on their calendar to attend.  As noted before:

The event will be held at the Trenton Marriott and the agenda includes top conservative speakers and thinkers. Confirmed guests include John Stossel, Robert Novak, … Steve Moore, … and New Jersey’s own conservative standard bearers Congressman Scott Garrett and Steve Lonegan. It is also anticipated other invited speakers will confirm soon; … and [now confirmed to appear] “The Great One,” Mark Levin.

Hundreds from around the country are already registered and space is running out quickly.  The event is approaching sell out capacity.  Click here to register and ensure you can be part of this historic event in the Garden State.

Here’s Steve Lonegan quickly commenting on the event

This is a must attend and hope to see everyone there.  For some video clips of other Defending the American Dream Summits click here.  But first, register for this year’s Summit here.

From all of us here at Conservatives with Attitude!, to all the moms that read our blog, Happy Mother’s Day….. with Attitude!.

Is there really any surprise?  It seems only logical to me that conservatives, who have truth, sense, and reason on their side – in addition to values and standards – would naturally lead more satisfied lives than ever-bitter, complaining liberals focused on blaming government and handing over any sense of personal accountability for themselves.

Now, a study funded by the National Science Foundation and published in the journal Psychological Science has found that:

Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers…

Our research suggests that inequality takes a greater psychological toll on liberals than on conservatives apparently because liberals lack ideological rationalizations that would help them frame inequality in a positive (or at least neutral) light.

The results support and further explain a Pew Research Center survey from 2006, in which 47 percent of conservative Republicans in the U.S. described themselves as “very happy,” while only 28 percent of liberal Democrats indicated such cheer.

There’s something to be said about a modern society that, will all its wealth and privileges, does not find itself happier as a whole, but instead is faced with a culture of increasing selfishness and materialism and worse, rising suicide rates in the young and middle-aged.  The results of the study, focused on “rationalizing inequality”, didn’t state it blatantly, but here is the real root of the problem: the notion of entitlement.

The idea that an individual is owed special privileges by the fact of his mere existence is bound to cause problems when reality hits.  Sooner or later, everyone must learn that they don’t simply deserve happiness, wealth, etc. because their little hearts desire them; if they can’t come to terms with this obvious fact, can they ever be truly happy?

Rather than appreciating how fortunate they are, no matter how blessed, liberals tend to dwell on always wanting and needing more rights, benefits, and privileges.  And worse, they are self-righteously indignant because they lack them.  It’s a pity that these individuals are so short-sighted that they cannot be thankful for and satisfied with what they’ve been given in life.  I often wonder if bitter liberals in America who cry endless over petty grievances ever stop to think that they are far better off than a large majority of people around the world, many of whom do not even have the right to express such grievances.

For more reasons than one, our liberals in our society are truly in a sad state.

With all the problems that we are facing, and by the way, most of them our candidate is on the wrong side of, or at least leaning in the wrong direction, McCain will be going on a tour of America, to talk about… GLOBAL WARMING:

Sen. John McCain really does want to tempt the Republican base. …

We’ve gotten our hands on an advanced transcript of this weekend’s “The Chris Matthews Show” on NBC and the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Katty Kay offered this nugget during the show’s “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” segment:

“John McCain is going to be doing more of these themed tours of America, and one of them is going to be on energy and global climate change. It could get him into trouble with Republicans, of course, and with the base, who don’t think there is much climate change going on, but it is something that he’s very passionate about and he’s going to be talking about it.”

Don’t know if you agree with me on this one, but to me its obvious that the McCain campaign has decided that with Obama as the Democrat nominee, he really doesn’t need the base and he can appeal to Independents and moderate Democrats who may have went with Clinton, to vote for him.

In just this week alone, McCain talked about trying again for comprehensive immigration reform, (Amnesty), agreed to address the open border, pro-illegal immigration attendees at the La Raza convention and now this.
Had enough yet?

And this is the GOP candidate!

Already deported once after being convicted for abusing a minor, illegal immigrant sneaks in again and this time kills a cop during a traffic stop:

Houston (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Mexico was convicted of capital murder Thursday in the 2006 shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop.

Jurors will now consider whether Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez, 34, should get the death penalty.

Officer Rodney Johnson, 40, was shot four times in the head after arresting Quintero-Perez for driving without a license.

Records show Quintero-Perez was deported in 1999 after being convicted of indecency with a child, but he slipped back into Texas.

Enough is enough already. This is THE deciding issue for me in November, I don’t care what party, I don’t care what the chances are, I will vote for the person who will build that fence, will secure the border, enforce our laws and stop this madness, and neither party has a presidential candidate offering this.

With all three presidential candidates more interested in a path to citizenship, rather than securing the borders and enforcing laws ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, who is going to protect this Country, our children and citizens from this?

Who the hell is with me ??

Due to criticism from “Blue Dog” Democrats, who joined with GOP House members, over the domestic spending spree Nancy Pelosi added to the War Bill, the bill was temporarily removed from consideration:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday postponed consideration of a bill that would continue funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a bloc of conservative Democrats balked at the high cost of including several of Pelosi’s favored domestic spending programs.

The Blue Dogs have objected to the creation of a program that would guarantee veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan a year of in-state college tuition for each year served in the war zones. The Blue Dogs said the House had not found any additional money, through spending cuts or tax increases, to pay for the program, a violation of pay-as-you-go rules imposed by House Democrats in early 2007.

These freshman Democrats, who have relatively quiet during their first tenure, are picking up the pace as their reelection nears.