A close source has just revealed to me that Wayne Allyn Root has been invited to participate in a series of panels designed to bring out the next Libertarian Party presidental candidate. The panels will take place this March in Orlando, Florida.

Wayne is a long time friend of mine and has even co-hosted an episode of Poker Updates with me. He is best known as being one of the nation's leading sports handicappers and host of Spike TV's King of Vegas.

"Both parties are a huge disappointment to the average American," Wayne told the Las Vegas Review Journal last week. "It's time for a third party. I can feel it. I'm a gut instinct guy. I'm a handicapper."

The world's largest legal oddsmaker, England-based Ladbrokes, has put odds at 2-to-1 that Root will get the Libertarian nomination, and 1-to-2 that he will get the most votes of any Libertarian presidential candidate.

In a statement released earlier this month Wayne said, "Both parties support ever bigger government and less freedom for Americans- what I call "The Nanny State." It's time for a serious, competitive third party on the national level that supports the message of STAY OUT OF MY WALLET AND MY BEDROOM."

An advocate of regulating and legalizing online poker, Wayne hopes to gain political momentum from within the poker community. Maybe a "Grass ROOT Campaign" is what we need!