That’s the ‘buzz‘ since Paul announced that he will not seek the presidency on a third-party ticket:

However, efforts to push a Barr candidacy were given new impetus last week when Rep. Ron Paul sent a letter to his supporters announcing plans to scale back his Republican presidential campaign and concentrate on his congressional re-election fight in Texas.

Several organizers behind the draft-Barr movement were supporters of the Paul presidential campaign. Last week, Barr introduced Paul at of the 35th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, calling the Texas congressman “the Constitution’s best friend” and “the gold standard of conservatism” in the GOP presidential campaign.

Barr’s backers have also solicited support among conservative Republicans who were disappointed by last week’s announcement — made on the opening day of CPAC — that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was suspending his Republican presidential campaign.

Former Romney backers were “very excited” by proposals to recruit Barr for a White House run on the Libertarian ticket, a source said. Barr would join a crowded field of a LP presidential hopefuls, including Las Vegas oddsmaker Wayne Allen Root and Florida businessman Daniel Imperato. Barr’s advantages include his national name recognition — as one of the most prominent Republicans elected to Congress in the 1994 “Republican Revolution” led by Newt Gingrich — and his ability to appeal to conservative voters.

Barr has also been associated with the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group whose members have been among the most prominent critics of the 2002 campaign-finance legislation co-sponsored by Arizona Sen. John McCain, now the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. One supporter said Barr could become the “heir apparent” to Paul, whose campaign raised more than $30 million. In a Friday message to supporters, Paul — who was the 1988 LP candidate — definitively ruled out a third-party White House run this year.

Another pro-Barr activist who is familiar with details of the record-setting online fundraising operation for Paul’s campaign said the Texan’s donors are primed to shift their contributions to a Libertarian candidate “who’s got a real chance” to win in November.

My only problem with Barr used to be his support for the Drug War, but his stance has changed quite a bit in the last couple of years. From KN@PPSTER:

Naturally, one of the big questions is on Barr’s dramatic change of views with respect to drug policy. During the Q&A, I had the opportunity to ask him if there was any particular thing that changed his mind on that issue. His answer was straightforward: The attacks on liberty since 9/11 have been so many, so strong, and so intertwined with each other, he said, that he experienced an “epiphany” on the need for a total, rather than partial, defense of freedom. I hate to paraphrase rather than quote, but I wasn’t recording or anything. All I can tell you is that the answer seemed to me to be honestly tendered.

A lateral from Paul to Barr wouldn’t be the worst idea in the world and would keep the rEVOLution growing in the short-term. Furthermore, it may also be a critical step to ensure that the rEVOLution is not a one-man movement, to ensure that the rEVOLution transcends Paul and encompasses all liberty-minded candidates: Sabrin, Terbolizard, Matthews (who won his primary), James (won primary), and the three dozen other members of the Ron Paul Congress. It’s time to grow, and maybe a Barr candidacy can help by pulling in disaffected Romneyiacs and other conservatives in a McCain-Obama race.