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Ron Paul Makes an Appeal for Third-Party Candidates

By Michael Falcone

Representative Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning congressman from
Texas who attracted a devoted following in his bid for the Republican
nomination, is once again trying to shake up the presidential race.

At a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Mr. Paul
plans to urge voters to support one of the third-party candidates for
president rather than cast their ballot for either Senator Barack
Obama, the Democratic nominee, or Senator John McCain, the Republican
candidate.

"At a time when 60 percent of the American people are dissatisfied
with their presidential choices," Mr. Paul said in a statement, "this
could be the year that third-party option brings in a
big chunk of
the vote."

And Mr. Paul intends to showcase some of those options at the
National Press Club on Wednesday. He will be joined by Ralph Nader,
an independent candidate, Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party,
former Representative Bob Barr of Georgia, who is running on the
Libertarian Party ticket and former Georgia congresswoman, Cynthia
McKinney, who is the Green Party's presidential candidate.

According to a spokesman, Mr. Paul plans to say that the Republican
and Democratic candidates "have no substantive differences on
important issues."


The four third-party candidates, on the other hand, have agreed to
sign on to a four-point plan that includes balancing the federal
budget, bringing American troops home, protecting civil liberties and
investigating the Federal Reserve.