Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Wayne Allyn Root, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Root is the founder and chairman of Winning Edge International Inc., a sports handicapping company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, he is an author and a television producer, as well as an on-screen personality both as host and guest on several talk shows.
Root, a long-time Republican, declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party on May 4, 2007.
He says he is concerned about the qualities of many who run for president, and fears that they do not know the needs of American citizens. He also says that they cater to big businesses instead of small ones.
He has goals of limiting the federal government and believes that the US went into Iraq for wrong reasons. A strong supporter of the War on Terror, he feels that it was mishandled. He has conservative values and came from a blue collar family in New York. He graduated from Columbia University with fellow presidential hopeful Barack Obama in 1983.
Root believes that America is in trouble and hopes to change that if elected.
((WN)) : Why do you want to run for president? How would you help your fellow Americans if elected?
((WN)) : You were a Republican until not too long ago. Why the sudden switch to the Libertarian Party?
((WN)) : There are thousands reading this right now, many of which may not have decided who they are going to vote for. What could you say to encourage them to give you their vote?
((WN)) : How would you handle the situation in Iraq?
((WN)) : Do you believe that it is really possible for you to win the 2008 election, being a third party candidate and all?

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Wikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root