OPINION
Because China won't agree to a cap-and-trade
Wall Street Journal 47 minutes ago
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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 and emissions with them. China and other developing nations will never accept a cap-and-trade system, but they might be OK with a global carbon tax.
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Barr, Nader not polling high enough to be game-changers
Time Nov 4, 08 4:00 AM CST
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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 goal is not to act as spoilers, but to make discontent heard and to reform the electoral process.
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Third-party candidates could play a role in some states
Boston Globe Nov 1, 08 10:09 AM CDT
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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—even if they draw votes only from hardcore backers who wouldn’t vote for anyone else.
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Poll shows first-time lead for Democrat
KULR-8 (Montana) Oct 24, 08 8:02 AM CDT
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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 poll’s margin of error, KULR-8 TV reports.
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Best-known third-party candidates get 3.3% in polls, but experts say that may ebb
Politico Sep 19, 08 2:48 PM CDT
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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 about 3.3% in recent polls—enough to make both major parties nervous.
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OPINION
Greets Ron Paul's 'undorsement' with snub, solo event
Washington Post Sep 11, 08 11:59 AM CDT
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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 to make friends.
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Libertarian candidate could play spoiler, but lacks key resources
New York Times Jun 28, 08 12:02 PM CDT
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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, and Colorado, the New York Times reports. But those prospects are anything but certain.
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Third-party maverick says Dem avoids poverty, favors 'appeal to white guilt'
Rocky Mountain News Jun 25, 08 4:02 PM CDT
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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," charging Obama was betraying his background by not prioritizing the defense of the poor.
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Republicans fear Libertarian will pull votes from McCain
Associated Press Jun 22, 08 6:23 PM CDT
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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 the Ralph Nader of 2008,” warned a Republican consultant.
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Says Democrat will make concessions to big business
Wall Street Journal May 31, 08 8:38 AM CDT
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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 to be a “conciliatory, concessionary, adaptive politician to the reality of corporate power,” Nader notes.
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Republican is trusted more than either Democrat on economy
Reuters Apr 16, 08 4:38 PM CDT
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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 each other, “and McCain is getting a free pass.”
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Green Party stalwart Matt Gonzalez rounds out independent ticket
Associated Press Feb 28, 08 4:35 PM CST
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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 saw him lose by less than 15,000 votes.
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OPINION
Seeing Internet as 'a snare and a delusion' surely won't help independent's candidacy
Politico Feb 28, 08 2:19 PM CST
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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 associates” are working on a great campaign site, but indications are to the contrary.
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Dems condemn Nader; Huckabee says GOP will welcome him
New York Times Feb 24, 08 6:41 PM CST
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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