Jan 21 2008
Ralph Nader and the Third Party Prince
The race for president is not official to me without third party candidates buzzing around the chosen Republican and Democratic party candidates once the primaries are over. They provide a little more color to the campaign trail when red and blue starts getting stale.
Fortunately for everyone–or unfortunately for major party candidates–Ralph Nader might be making another bid for the White House. The consumer advocate has run in the past four presidential elections. He is most notoriously known by critics as the man who sucked away enough votes from then Democratic Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 campaign to help George W. Bush win the White House. Fast forward eight years and we all know how that story ends.
Nader, 73, told a Montreal radio show that he will “decide in about a month” whether he will throw his hat in the ring. Who is ready for another three-ring circus and thinks Nader should enter the race? I thought so. I’ll bring the popcorn.