Nader Sues Dems, Claiming '04 Conspiracy

Suit says Dems and Kerry-Edwards blocked him from state ballots
By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 30, 2007 6:45 PM CDT
Nader Sues Dems, Claiming '04 Conspiracy
WASHINGTON, DC - Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader addresses a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Monday, February 23, 2004. Nader is once again battling the Democratic party.   (KRT Photos)

Ralph Nader jumped into the political fray today, suing the Dems for a "vast Democratic Party conspiracy" to block his 2004 election, McClatchy Newspapers reports. He accused the Democratic Party, Kerry-Edwards 2004, and other groups of keeping him from state ballots "as a means to drive into deep debt or bankrupt the Nader-Camejo campaign."

Nader has tangled with Dems before, when Democratic officials sued his 2004 campaign in 18 states and blocked him from key ballots. A DNC spokesman claimed no knowledge of today’s action, which seeks punitive and compensatory damages, as well as injunctive relief. Is today's move a prelude to Nader running in 2008? He says only that he’ll decide by year's end. (More Ralph Nader stories.)

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