▁nom ination . ▁Some ▁felt ▁Bad nar ik ▁would ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁draw ▁media ▁attention ▁that ▁many ▁had ▁felt ▁Rus so ▁would ▁have . ▁Libert arian ▁blog ger ▁Julian ▁San chez ▁called ▁Bad nar ik ▁" emb arr ass ing ." ▁ ▁Bad nar ik ' s ▁capture ▁of ▁the ▁nom ination ▁was ▁widely ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁surprise ▁by ▁many ▁within ▁the ▁party ; ▁both ▁N olan ▁and ▁Rus so ▁had ▁out p ac ed ▁him ▁in ▁both ▁fund ra ising ▁and ▁poll ▁results ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁convention . ▁Bad nar ik ▁commented ▁following ▁his ▁success ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁convention , ▁" If ▁I ▁can ▁win ▁the ▁nom ination , ▁there ' s ▁no ▁reason ▁I ▁can ' t ▁win ▁this ▁election ." ▁ ▁Bad nar ik ▁and ▁Green ▁Party ▁candidate ▁David ▁C obb ▁were ▁arrested ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis , ▁Missouri , ▁on ▁October ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁for ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience . ▁Bad nar ik ▁and ▁C obb ▁were ▁protest ing ▁their ▁ex clusion ▁from ▁the ▁president ial ▁deb ates ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁president ial ▁election ▁campaign . ▁They ▁were ▁arrested ▁after ▁crossing ▁a ▁police ▁bar rica de ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁serve ▁an ▁Order ▁to ▁Show ▁C ause ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ▁on ▁President ial ▁Deb ates . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁cycle , ▁Bad nar ik ' s ▁president ial ▁campaign ▁had ▁raised ▁just ▁over ▁one ▁million ▁dollars ▁( US ), ▁obtained ▁ball