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Reporters for the Washington Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal all seem shocked by Bob Barr's appearance at Netroots Nation in Austin, Texas.

Barr is in Austin to speak tonight at Americans for Prosperity's rival Right Online conference. It's odd that reporters would be surprised by his visit to Netroots Nation -- the left-wing blog gathering formerly known as Yearly Kos -- considering that Barr has said from the start of his Libertarian presidential campaign that he intends to compete for the votes of disaffected Democrats. He's said this in numerous venues, including ABC's "This Week" two weeks ago: