Helter Skelter

I'm still not sure I fully understand why Mike Gravel was allowed onto nationally televised political debates, but I do like this video: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/helter-skelter/44142/ It seems that he's a Libertarian now. It's odd that Gravel, who's a joke and clearly not a libertarian, is running on this ticket whereas Ron Paul isn't. I'm not a Paul fan, but his set of ideas seem like a pretty good basis for a third party candidacy.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/helter-skelter/44142/