American third parties

Ralph Nader to make a third party bid for the White House

According to the Washington Post:

Consumer activist Ralph Nader today launched his third bid for the presidency, saying he is not concerned that his candidacy could deny the Democrats the White House in November.

“If the Democrats can’t landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form,” Nader said. “You think the American people are going to vote for a pro-war John McCain who almost gives an indication he’s the candidate for perpetual war?”

Many Democrats still blame Nader for costing Vice President Al Gore the presidency in 2000, when the race was decided by a razor-thin margin in Florida. Nader ran again in 2004 but had little impact on the race.

Nader announced his candidacy in the same way as he did four years ago, on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He said that he was running to draw attention to issues ignored by the major candidates in both parties: corporate crime, worker rights, military spending and foreign policy.

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