Ralph Nader Flirts with Presidential Bid

[ZombieHorde]

By RICK KLEIN

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 established an exploratory committee 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.

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This could be very good for the Republicans.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4215961&page=1

[hisownpetard]

1. Eww. Any sentence that has "Ralph Nader" and the word "flirts" in it, sort of makes me

vomit a little in my mouth.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. LOL!

[gateley]

2. And to think once upon a time I used to really like this guy.

:grr:

[jody]

3. Nader probably senses a Clinton win in the primary and wants to make certain McCain wins the general

election.

[sellitman]

5. I think you got it

What a POS.

[Alexander]

4. Another reason why we must not nominate Hillary...

Nader will get many more votes if she's the nominee.

[anamandujano]

8. He'll split Obama's "pie in the sky" voters. /nt

.

[Mist]

11. But Obama has a large youth vote, supposedly, and Nader is irrelevant to them. I hope. nt

[anamandujano]

6. Presidential bid answers, "what kind of girl do you think I am?"

Get lost!

[MasonJar]

I hope he does not get a single vote. He lost all credibility when he

said that he was running because Gore and Bush were alike. He is a walking disaster for the dems.

[ZombieHorde]

10. Gore and Bush were alike

If he can not tell the difference between Bush and Gore then he has an amazing ability to ignore reality.

[Cant trust em]

7. Your time is over, Ralph.

You've done a lot of good in your life. Let's keep it that way. Please don't run again.

[NoPasaran]

9. He'd have better luck flirting with Paris Hilton

Sorry Ralph, you're a loser

[bigdarryl]

16. true but a little as 40,000 votes in a close election which this will be can hurt the dems

[Rowdyboy]

12. Well sure. Its time to get busy electing another Republican president to cement Nader's legacy....

Official Fuckwad of the 21st Century

[bluestateguy]

13. The multimillionaire Nader wants to keep his Bush tax cut

So I understand why he is doing this.

[bigdarryl]

15. whats he running as a independent or Green I though Cynthia McKinney was supposed to be the Green...

nominee

[UALRBSofL]

17. He thieved the presidency away from Gore

He got 100,000 votes in florida and they were dem/ind voters. Had he not been in the race Gore would have won.

[iamjoy]

18. Nader Will Get His $10 Million

from the Republicans, of course.

[bigdarryl]

19. iamjoy good point

[RoadRage]

20. Who is worse.. Nader, or the liberal idiots who actually vote for him?

I don't understand this philosophy. Naders? Sure.. screw anyone he can. But, the people who vote for him.. to "make a difference".. ironically are ensuring that things stay the same.

I'm sorry - but this election is going to be squeaky tight as it is, and Nader absolutely will take some votes.

I hope Ron Paul runs as an independent as well.. at least that might even some things out and get some of the screwball conservatives to balance out the vote.

[RiverStone]

24. It's a tie ---- for worse that is. Can't fathom how anybody except Nader would vote for Nader!

[no name no slogan]

21. Go for it, Ralphie boy

That will just mean the Dems will kick ONE more ass in November!

Nader has NO CREDIBILITY at all these days. The Greens will NOT take him back (not after the crap he pulled in 2004). All he'll do is suck up Republican $$$ this time around.

I know of NOBODY on the non-Dem left who supports him anymore.

[jakem]

22. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[hisownpetard]

23. Well, at least he'll get the Marfan Syndrome vote. (Too bad Lincoln's not alive...)

[AGirl]

25. Good for him, he should run.