Russell Verney, Bob Barr Campaign Manager, continues his attack against Barack Obama and John McCain on Tuesday, saying that there is no real difference between the two.

“With barely three weeks to go in the presidential race, we still know very little about the economic, domestic, social and foreign policy positions of the McCain and Obama campaigns,” Verney, campaign manager for the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, said.

“All we know is that Obama wants to bring change and he isn’t George Bush. I guess that’s a good thing,” he said.

Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr

“We also know that John McCain is a ‘maverick’ – whatever that means.” But, Verney said, “the reality is that there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two on major issues of the day. Neither has a serious plan for ending the middle east war and winning a lasting peace in the region. Neither is prepared to improve our national economic situation. Both are supporters of the Bush Wall Street Bailout.”

He went on to call Barr the only viable candidate who has taken “thorough, thoughtful, sound positions on issues from bailouts to gun control. Only Bob Barr has a clear vision for our nation and is committed to reducing the size of our government, eliminating our federal budget deficit and ending the conflict in Iraq,” he said.

Third party candidates offer face tremendous problems in the United States election system. It is difficult for them to get on the ballots in the individual states, and once they are on the major two parties often try to push them off, fearing their competition may hurt their own chances of winning.

The Libertarian Party is America’s official third largest party, the Democratic Party and Republican Party are the biggest parties. Other third parties that have nominated a candidate for president this year are the progressive Green Party and the highly conservative Constitution Party. Famous political renegate Ralph Nader participates in this year’s election as well, as an independent candidate.

“The biggest challenge we continue to confront is letting people know they actually have a real choice this November. So many people agree that neither Barack Obama nor John McCain are good for the future of America,” Verney said. “Once they know they have a choice, they are flocking to Bob Barr.”

Barr is making some headway in key battleground states, approaching and going over 5% in some polls in those states. He is still lagging far behind both Obama and McCain, however, making it unlikely that he will succeed in repeat Ross Perot’s success in 1992.