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Ralph Nader stories: 25 news summaries

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OPINION

 Time for Gays 
 to Go Nader 
 on Democrats 

Fundraising boycott a good idea but doesn't go far enough

Nov 11, 09 1:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The two-party system gives gay Americans a terrible deal, and the proposed gay boycott of Democratic National Committee fundraising is a big step in the right direction toward changing the situation, writes Emma Ruby-Sachs . Cutting off funds to the party will push Democrats toward eliminating discrimination against gays and could... More »

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gay rights • Democratic National Committee • boycott • Democratic Party • Ralph Nader • homosexual • LGBT • third parties • gay activists • political fundraising

(Newser) - In an interview with Time to plug his new book, Ralph Nader doesn't mince words when asked his opinion of President Obama: "Weak. Waffling, wavering, ambiguous, and overwhelmingly concessionary." So does this mean we can expect another Nader run? "It's too early to say. One thing is... More »

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author • Ralph Nader • progressive • President Obama

new release

Ralph Nader Pens Odd Utopian Novel

Super-rich save the world in 736-page 'fictional vision'

Sep 21, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and sometime presidential candidate, has written his first novel, the New Yorker reports. Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!, out tomorrow, is a “practical utopia” in which real-life characters undertake a fictional quest to—progressively—save the country. Over the course of its... More »

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entertainment • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Warren Buffett • fiction • literature • publishing • Grover Norquist • Barry Diller • Ralph Nader • Barnes & Noble • Warren Beatty • Ted Turner

 McAuliffe Denies DNC 
 Offered Money to Nader 

Spokesman slams Nader's claim he was bribed to avoid key states in '04

May 30, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader's claim that then-DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe offered him cash to stay out of key state races in 2004 is far from the truth, McAuliffe campaign strategist Mo Elleithee tells the Blue Virginia blog. McAuliffe did speak to Nader—who Elleithee claims was being funded by the GOP—to... More »

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Democratic National Committee • campaign • Terry McAuliffe • Ralph Nader • Election 2004 • battleground states

Nader: Dems Offered Me Money in '04 to Skip Key States

McAuliffe doesn't
deny the charge

May 28, 09 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader says Democrats were so worried about him in 2004 that DNC chief Terry McAuliffe offered to give his campaign money if he steered clear of 19 battleground states, reports the Washington Post. "When you get a call like that, first of all it's inappropriate,'' Nader said.... More »

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Democrats • campaign • Terry McAuliffe • Ralph Nader

OPINION

Nader: Obama Should Pitch
a Worldwide Carbon Tax

Because China won't agree to a cap-and-trade

Dec 3, 08 12:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The cap-and-trade system Barack Obama favors to deal with climate change won’t work, Ralph Nader and Toby Heaps write in the Wall Street Journal, and it’ll lead to “trade anarchy.” Any unilateral action we take must be global; otherwise, companies will simply relocate, taking jobs... More »

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China • climate change • cap and trade • Ralph Nader • carbon taxes • President Obama

Third-Party Picks Causing Barely a Ripple 

Barr, Nader not polling high enough to be game-changers

Nov 4, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Third-party candidates across the nations are highly unlikely to siphon off anywhere near a significant number of votes this election day, Time reports. Libertarian Bob Barr is polling around 1%—down from a peak of 6% in the summer—with Ralph Nader faring the same. The longshot candidates say their... More »

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Georgia • Libertarian Party • Ralph Nader • third party candidacy • Election 2008 • third parties • Bob Barr

Nader, Barr Could Still Tip Some Tight Races

Third-party candidates could play a role in some states

Nov 1, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Third-party candidates haven’t won much attention in this election, but in some hotly contested states their candidacies could still affect the outcome, the Boston Globe reports. Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr could play a role in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Ohio, among others, the paper reports—... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ralph Nader • third parties • swing states • Bob Barr

 Obama Pulls 
 Ahead in Montana 

Poll shows first-time lead for Democrat

Oct 24, 08 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time, Barack Obama is leading John McCain in Montana, 44% to 40%, a poll suggests. Obama is seen as stronger on the economy by 48% to McCain’s 42%, though voters prefer McCain on foreign policy, 52% to 42%. Obama’s overall lead is within the MSU-Billings... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Montana • poll • Ron Paul • Ralph Nader • Bob Barr

Barr, Nader Each on 40+ States' Nov. Ballots

Best-known third-party candidates get 3.3% in polls, but experts say that may ebb

Sep 19, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters in most states in the US will see Ralph Nader and Bob Barr on the presidential ballot, Politico reports. Nader made it in 45 states and the District of Columbia, though the independent missed Texas. Barr’s Libertarian bid made the ballot in 44 states. The two combined for... More »

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Pennsylvania • Massachusetts • Ralph Nader • third party candidacy • Election 2008 • Independent Party • Bob Barr • opinion polls • pollsters

OPINION

Libertarian Barr Not Here for
the Party Unity

Greets Ron Paul's 'undorsement' with snub, solo event

Sep 11, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Ron Paul convened a coalition of third-party candidates yesterday and endorsed them all, he dashed Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr’s hopes of a solo Paul endorsement, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post. So Barr staged a separate press conference, where he announced that he’s not here... More »

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Ron Paul • libertarian • Libertarian Party • Ralph Nader • third parties • Bob Barr

OPINION

Barr's Run
Has Many in GOP Worried

Libertarian candidate could play spoiler, but lacks key resources

Jun 28, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Barr’s former GOP colleagues have been beseeching the Libertarian Party presidential nominee not to run against John McCain. “Please don’t do it,” Barr happily recounts being told. They fear he could do to McCain what Nader did to Gore in states such as Georgia, Alaska,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Georgia • Libertarian Party • Ralph Nader • Bob Barr

 Obama 'Wants 
 to Talk White': 
 Nader 

Third-party maverick says Dem avoids poverty, favors 'appeal to white guilt'

Jun 25, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader says Barack Obama "wants to talk white" and "appeal to white guilt" while ignoring poverty, the third-party presidential candidate told the Rocky Mountain News yesterday. The consumer advocate said the only thing that separated Obama from past Democrats is that he’s “half African-American,"... More »

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Barack Obama • race • poverty • Ralph Nader • white guilt

Barr Could Be the Ralph Nader of 2008: GOP

Republicans fear Libertarian will pull votes from McCain

Jun 22, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former ally has Republicans sweating the possibility that he could siphon votes away from John McCain, the AP says. Bob Barr, an outspoken ex-GOP congressman and Libertarian Party presidential nominee, is now trying to get on the ballot in 20 states in time for November. “Bob could be... More »

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John McCain • Republican • Libertarian Party • Ralph Nader • independent presidential candidates • presidential candidates • Bob Barr

 Nader Likes Obama, but He's Still a 'Corporate Democrat' 

Says Democrat will make concessions to big business

May 31, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Nader prefers Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton, but still considers Obama what he calls “a corporate Democrat,” the Green Party candidate for president tells the Wall Street Journal in a wide-ranging chat over lunch. Despite the populist rhetoric, Obama has “made his peace” with the need... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic Party • Ralph Nader • George W. Bush

Poll: McCain Ties Obama,
Beats Clinton Narrowly

Republican is trusted more than either Democrat on economy

Apr 16, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is tied with Barack Obama and has a 5-point edge over Hillary Clinton in a Reuters poll out today—an improvement for the Democrats. On economic stewardship, the Republican had a 3-point margin over Obama and a 5-point margin over Clinton. The pollster said the Dems continue hurting... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • poll • Ralph Nader • economy • Bob Barr

Nader Chooses Former
SF Pol as Running Mate

Green Party stalwart Matt Gonzalez rounds out independent ticket

Feb 28, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader today selected Matt Gonzalez as his running mate, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Gonzalez, 42, was elected San Francisco supervisor on the Green Party ticket in 2000, with the famously hippy Haight-Ashbury neighborhood part of his district. A last-minute campaign for mayor in 2003... More »

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San Francisco • candidacy • candidate • Ralph Nader • independent presidential candidates • third party candidacy • presidential candidates • running mate • Election 2008 • Independent Party • Matt Gonzalez

OPINION

Nader Still Buffering ... Buffering ...

Seeing Internet as 'a snare and a delusion' surely won't help independent's candidacy

Feb 28, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Ralph Nader might seem like just the crusader to milk the Internet for all its movement-building potential, but, Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry write in Politico, his “self-defeating attitude” toward the web is likely to keep him on the sidelines. The third-party presidential hopeful claims his “Internet-literate... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • Ralph Nader • online activism • independent • 21st century • presidential bid

Dems Blast Candidate Nader

Dems condemn Nader; Huckabee says GOP will welcome him

Feb 24, 08 6:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats took shots at Ralph Nader today after the consumer advocate jumped into the presidential race, the New York Times reports. “Wow, that’s really unfortunate,” a surprised Hillary Clinton said. “It’s not good for anybody, especially our country.” Obama praised Nader's advocacy, but added,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Ralph Nader • Election 2008 • Green Party

Nader Begins White House Bid

Dems intend full-court press to keep potential spoiler off the ballot

Feb 24, 08 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, whose third-party candidacy many thought handed George W. Bush the presidency in 2000, announced this morning that he will again make a bid for the White House, reports MSNBC. In a Meet the Press interview, he cited America's fatigue with mainstream parties and his belief that... More »

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Democrats • Republican • Ralph Nader • Independent Party • third-party campaign • corporate crime • labor rights • Pentagon waste

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