Third Party Watch

The Burlington (N.C.) Times News reports to its readers that they will have alternatives to the Republicans and Democrats in November:

In addition to Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, Libertarian Bob Barr’s name will be on the North Carolina presidential ballot.

Three other candidates who won’t be on the ballot qualified as write-in presidential candidates: [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

September 14, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike Welch, 202-471-5833, mike@votenader.org (National HQ);
Joe Alfone, 504-319-9312 (local)

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RALPH NADER TO SPEAK IN BATON ROUGE

On Wednesday, September 17, at 7 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader will host a news conference in Room 105 of the LSU School [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

September 14, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike Welch (National Office) 202-471-5833, mike@votenader.org, Peter Lewis (Local) 630-947-5708

RALPH NADER CAMPAIGNS IN TULSA WITH NEWS CONFERENCE, RALLY

On Thursday, September 18 at 12:45 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader will hold a news conference in room 156 of North Hall [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

September 14, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike Welch, 202-471-5833, mike@votenader.org (National Headquarters); Adem ysogorski: (631) 294-2222 (local)

RALPH NADER TO CAMPAIGN IN ARKANSAS WITH RALLY AND NEWS CONFERENCE SEPT. 18

On Thursday September 18, at 6 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader will host a news conference in [...]

Libertarians and Ron Paul supporters aren’t the only ones debating the merits of the coalition put together by Dr. Paul at the National Press Club. Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney are also receiving criticism from their left for participating.

Writing in the Socialist Worker, Alan Maass argues that Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney are undercutting [...]

Third-party circles have been abuzz for days about the “major press conference” Ron Paul scheduled for the National Press Club this morning. “Dr. Paul will announce his intentions for the fall presidential election and will be accompanied by several special guests.”

First I learned that Chuck Baldwin would be one of those special guests. [...]

The following is a statement presented Wednesday, September 10, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was presented to the media by Rep. Ron Paul, former Republican presidential candidate, joined by Cynthia McKinney, Green Party presidential candidate, Chuck Baldwin, Constitution Party presidential candidate, and Ralph Nader, Independent presidential candidate. At a [...]

The Houston Chronicle obtained an advance copy of Ron Paul’s prepared remarks for the press conference he is holding Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Joining him will be third party presidential candidates Bob Barr (Libertarian Party), Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party), Ralph Nader (Independent), and Cynthia McKinney (Green Party).

According to the [...]

The following is a media release from the Ralph Nader presidential campaign:

September 7, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marc Abizeid, 831-818-7736, marcabizeid@votenader.org (national); Justin Jeffre, 917-881-9882, justinjeffre@votenader.org (local).

RALPH NADER AND MATT GONZALEZ TO VISIT COLUMBUS, WILMINGTON AND CINCINNATI MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

Columbus Information:

On Monday, September 8 at 12:30 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and running mate Matt [...]

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has packed his bags and left Denver, heading for St. Paul and the Republican convention. There he will seek “to steal as much attention from the Republican National Convention as possible with a Thursday rally, just as he did from the Democrats, says Jesse A. Hamilton of the Hartford [...]

McClatchy Newspapers reporter Maria Recio says that “if the presidential race ends up being as close as polls are finding, third-party candidates now polling in single digits could emerge as potential kingmakers in battleground states.”

Ralph Nader, she says, could be a factor in Nevada, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. And Bob Barr could be a [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 28, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(LA) Ramy Mousa, 225-892-2170, ramy@votenader.org

NADER/GONZALEZ WILL ADD LOUISIANA TO LIST OF BALLOT QUALIFIED STATES

Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader will submit ballot qualifying materials to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office on Friday Aug. 29, [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 28, 2008
www.votenader.org
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(NH) Gary Hoffman, 978-973-2094, gary@votenader.org

NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFULLY TACKLES NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FORMIDABLE BALLOT ACCESS LAWS

The Nader/Gonzalez 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, Aug. 29, will submit more than 4,000 validated signatures—2,000 from each Congressional district—to the [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 27, 2008
www.votenader.org
News Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marc Abizeid, 831-818-7736, marcabizeid@votenader.org; Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org

NADER POLLING AT 6-8% IN 4 KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES

A new Time/CNN poll shows Ralph Nader polling 8 percent in New Mexico, 7 percent in Colorado, 7 percent in Pennsylvania, and 6 percent [...]

PolitickerNV.com notes that the new Time/CNN poll shows Obama 49, McCain 44 in Nevada when registered voters are given only those two names. But when third party candidates’ names are added to the choices, this is how it turns out:

Obama 41
McCain 41
Nader 6
Barr 5
McKinney 3

PolitickerNV.com says “Ralph Nader could draw enough votes from U.S. [...]

The following is an article by Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader:

The “politics of avoidance” is receiving a great deal of media attention during this period of national political conventions. Unfortunately, the newspapers and television programs do not use the phrase: “the politics of avoidance.” Together with John McCain and Barack Obama, members of the press [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 25, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marc Abizeid, 831-818-7736, marcabizeid@votenader.org, or; Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org

12 TOPICS DEMOCRATS WILL DUCK AT CONVENTION

The Democratic National Convention that gathers in Denver this week to nominate Barack Obama for president will be more like a coronation than a competition. Huzzahs, [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 24, 2008
www.votenader.org
For Immediate Release
Contact: 267-974-6097, Rob Socket, rob@votenader.org (Denver)
202-360-3273, Chris Driscoll, chris@votenader.org (Washington)

Nader Campaign on the Ground in Denver …

CAMPAIGN IN TOWN TO OPEN UP THE DEBATES WITH GIANT “OPEN THE DEBATES” INFLATABLE PROPS AND A SUPER RALLY FEATURING SEAN PENN, VAL KILMER, TOM [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 24, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ontact: Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org (national); Marc Black, 505-982-3928, marc@votenader.org (local)

NADER/GONZALEZ TO CAMPAIGN IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY, AUG. 26

On Tuesday Aug. 26, at 1 p.m., Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will host a news conference in the Cherry/Silver [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 24, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org (national); Marc Black, 505-982-3928, marc@votenader.org (local)

NADER/GONZALEZ TO CAMPAIGN IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO TUESDAY, AUG. 26

On Tues. Aug. 26, at 5 p.m., Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will host a news conference at the [...]

Here’s the info on the three presidential debates, and why, according to the Boston Globe, you probably won’t see Bob Barr or Ralph Nader on the stage.

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 21, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org; (Virginia) Christina Qura, 703-470-1029; or Dena Cottle, 757-831-1594.

NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES COMPLICATED BALLOT PROCESS, SUBMITS MORE THAN 15,00 SIGNATURES TO OBTAIN VIRGINIA BALLOT LINE

Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Fri., Aug. 22, will submit [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 21, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org; (Virginia) Christina Qura, 703-470-1029; or Dena Cottle, 757-831-1594.

NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES COMPLICATED BALLOT PROCESS, SUBMITS MORE THAN 15,00 SIGNATURES TO OBTAIN VIRGINIA BALLOT LINE

Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Fri., Aug. 22, will submit [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 18, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org;
(Alabama) Tom Burwell, 336-251-2196, tburwell@votenader.org

NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN TO SUBMIT DOUBLE THE REQUIRED SIGNATURES IN ALABAMA, WELL BEFORE BALLOT DEADLINE

Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Tues., Aug. 19, will submit petitions to to the Alabama Secretary [...]

The following is a media release from the Nader presidential campaign:

August 18, 2008
www.votenader.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: (Washington) Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org; (local) Kymone Freeman, 202-413-6160, kymone@votenader.org

NADER/GONZALEZ CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL D.C. BALLOT DRIVE WITH MORE THAN 7,500 SIGNATURES

Supporters of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Tuesday, Aug. 19, will hold a news conference and submit petitions to to [...]