Ralph Nader

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In 2004, Nader asked McCain to help his campaign -- and the senator rushed to his side. Is the consumer advocate now returning the favor?
  • Nader: McAuliffe offered money to get me off ballots

    Ralph Nader says the then-DNC chair wanted him off the ballot in 2004 battleground states, and was prepared to pay
  • Your presidential candidate: Hot or not?

    The best way to make American elections fair, according to a new book, is to use a voting method known for ranking drunk sorority girls.
  • Nader and Kucinich pick sides in Iowa

    Few Democrats probably care about Nader blessing John Edwards, but Kucinich might help Barack Obama at the margins.
  • Cheerful boos for Hillary

    At the YearlyKos convention, the mixed reception for Hillary Clinton is more evidence that the liberal blogosphere might not take sides in the coming Democratic primary.
  • Nader refers to Obama as "Uncle Tom"

    In a radio interview, Ralph Nader asks whether Barack Obama will be "Uncle Sam ... or Uncle Tom," and then defends the comment on Fox News.
  • Would someone please give Nader some attention?

    The now-perennial presidential candidate's campaign sends out a video about the search for "Obama Nuts."
  • Nader is on the ballot in 45 states and D.C.

    The consumer advocate and perennial candidate is polling in the high single digits in some key states.
  • When Libertarians attack

    Bob Barr goes after John McCain for spending public money on the GOP convention. Could attacks like that make him the Ralph Nader of the right?
  • The Perot-Nader-Paul axis

    What these three seemingly unrelated pols have in common is an appeal concentrated in the West.
  • Ralph Nader's running mate is ...

    Former San Francisco supervisor Matt Gonzalez!
  • Dems condemn Nader

    Ralph Nader will make his fourth run for the presidency, he told Tim Russert Sunday; the Democratic candidates aren't happy.
  • What will Nader say on "Meet the Press"?

    The former presidential candidate is scheduled to appear on the chat show Sunday, and early speculation is that he will announce another run.
  • President Nader? Maybe third time's the charm

    Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, whose independent candidacy in 2000 was seen as a stumbling block for Al Gore's chances, says he's considering another run.
  • Ralph Nader's foggy crystal ball

    If he couldn't see much difference between Bush and Gore, how can he possibly tell Edwards and Clinton apart?
  • Bloomberg's ambitions

    The billionaire mayor of New York could easily fund a bid for the presidency. But what are his political convictions?
  • Mike Bloomberg could buy the White House

    He just quit the GOP and became an independent. But does America crave a sane version of Ross Perot with actual governing experience?
  • Bush is not above the law

    Scholars missed the point of the essay I wrote with Ralph Nader about the case for impeachment.
  • Writing in the Margins

    The latest indie-publishing news: Don DeLillo, imprisoned in Texas! Ben Watts' soopa-bad hip-hop photography, Laura Flanders on how Bush bamboozled women, and Ralph Nader just called to say he loves you.
  • Germany says "nein" to Bush, blah to Kerry

    German leftists prefer Nader, fear Kerry's grand plans for Iraq, and miss the days when America was actually cool.
  • Civic avowal

    Ralph Nader's new pamphlet prompts this revelation: Between the Uranian right and bourgeois left, Nader may be the moral choice, but he's still the wrong one.
  • Requiem for a reformer

    Four years ago, he drew celebrities and crowds. This time, as it wheezes toward the finish line, the Nader campaign has the feel of Spinal Tap's last tour.
  • Word History: NADER

    Nader (NAY-dur) n. Low point, as of a celestial body that has declined from an exalted height.
  • On the phone with Ralph Nader

    Salon editor David Talbot and the presidential contender have a frank and honest exchange of views.
  • Strange alliance

    Why is Rupert Murdoch's media empire publishing Ralph Nader's latest tome?
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