In a race in which a state or two is "decided by a hair," Badnarik "could be the kingmaker," said Larry Jacobs, director of the 2004 Elections Project at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.
Jacobs said the Libertarian ticket would be fortunate to draw 1% of the vote nationwide. But "there may be a few battleground states where they're able to reach 1% or even 2% … perhaps tilting the [state] in John Kerry's direction," Jacobs said.
He cited Wisconsin as a possibility.
If Bush loses and the Libertarians are blamed I expect we'll see some states move to restrict third party ballot access, considering how hard the Democrats are working to keep the Greens off the ballot.
More of that evil bipartisanship.
