Barr makes FISA play for Obama supporters


When Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama angered his Netroots-base of support over agreeing to vote for the GOP-sanctioned amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Associated Press ran a story claiming his compromise gives Republicans 'ammo.' Republicans, it would seem, are not the only group belied by the news.

If the campaign 2008 truism maintains, and Obama indeed leached significant support from Ron Paul at the moment of primary truth, then Libertarian Presidential Nominee Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman from Georgia who runs with Paul's blessing, is making a power play to win them back
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