Feb

28

Anyone can be president — except Ralph Nader

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[From ScrippsNews]
[Notice: Ralph Nader is no longer a candidate for the GP nomination, but this issue is an important one for all parties to face. -RS]
By KEN WARD,
Scripps Howard News Service
Bloggers already are deriding him as the second coming of Harold Stassen. Democrats, who accused him of swinging the 2000 election to the Republicans, now [...]

Feb

28

Nader picks Matt Gonzalez as veep

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[From Nola.com]
By ANN SANNER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader selected Matt Gonzalez, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, to be his running mate.
“I want someone who shares my sense of justice and opposition to corporate state control over our society,” Nader said Thursday at a news conference [...]

Feb

28

Hillary, Gloria, and the Vagina Litmus Test

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[From Feministing ]
Posted by Ann
They may be on opposite ends of the political spectrum, Gloria Steinem and Michael Barone seem to be in agreement that young women’s lack of support for Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses indicates that they are in denial about the pervasive sexism in American society.
Barone:
Today’s young women voters are [...]

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