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01-30-2008, 08:39 PM #1
Ralph Nader Running for President
Ralph Nader Running for President
James Joyner
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archiv ... president/
Ralph Nader has formed a presidential exploratory committee, and said in an interview Wednesday that he will launch another presidential bid if he’s convinced he can raise enough money to appear on the vast majority of state ballots this fall. Nader, who ran as an independent candidate in each of the past three presidential elections, told ABCNews.com that he will run in 2008 if he is convinced over the next month that he would be able to raise $10 million over the course of the campaign — and attract enough lawyers willing to work free of charge to get his name on state ballots.
Nader said he filed papers with the Federal Election Commission and launched a Web site after Dennis Kucinich, a liberal Ohio congressman, announced his decision to withdraw from the presidential race last week.
He was set to announce that he had formed an exploratory committee Wednesday, even before former Sen. John Edwards made it known that he’d be ending his candidacy. But with Edwards — who has made economic populism and ending poverty cornerstones of his campaign — leaving the Democratic field, Nader said, he feels his candidacy is more urgent than ever. “When Kucinich threw in the towel, now you have Edwards gone — who’s going to carry the torch of democratic populism against the relentless domination of powerful corporations of our government?â€
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01-30-2008, 08:55 PM #2
This would pull votes from the Democrats and some of the Indy's will vote for him. Too bad this wasn't annouced before Florida.
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01-30-2008, 08:59 PM #3
On second thought this might potentially hurt an Independent candidate as well.
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01-30-2008, 09:02 PM #4
Has there ever been a presidental election he hasn't run in?
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01-30-2008, 09:13 PM #5
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what independant do you think could win the election?
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01-30-2008, 09:24 PM #6what independant do you think could win the election?
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01-30-2008, 10:18 PM #7
I think Dobbs could win. I think Buchanan can win as an independent.
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01-30-2008, 10:45 PM #8Originally Posted by Paige
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