Democrat Gravel switches to Libertarian

[oberliner]

WASHINGTON - Long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel told supporters Wednesday he is leaving the Democratic Party to join the Libertarian Party.

Gravel, a former Democratic senator from Alaska, said in an e-mail that the Democratic Party "no longer represents my vision for our great country."

"It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism — all of which I find anathema to my views," he said in the e-mail in which he also asked supporters for campaign donations.

Gravel, 77, has been excluded from recent Democratic debates because he failed to meet fundraising or polling thresholds.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080326/ap_on_el_pr/gravel_libertarian;_ylt=Ah35kw2bMOzvyK.4Mup86RCs0NUE

[LWolf]

1. I wish him well. n/t