A Libertarian Surprise?

DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS, many still seething over what they see as Ralph Nader’s role in spoiling the election for Al Gore four years ago, have filed numerous court charges against the Green party candidate to try and keep him off the ballot this year.

Republicans, though, have said and done little about their potential spoiler, the Libertarian party’s candidate for president, Michael Badnarik. Badnarik, a 50-year-old computer programmer from Texas who once ran for Congress and was nominated at the party’s convention Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta.