The Peace Party’s petition was approved by the Oregon Secretary of State a few days ago. The Peace Party turns out to be composed of Nader supporters. The party nominated Nader on August 22.
The Peace Party’s petition was approved by the Oregon Secretary of State a few days ago. The Peace Party turns out to be composed of Nader supporters. The party nominated Nader on August 22.
Who here is surprised?
I’m just wondering why they used the “Peace Party” in Oregon…
Does the Oregon Peace Party have full ballot access so they can run candidates for other offices?
Thank you so much, Peace Party of Oregon! Go Nader-Gonzalez! On to the White House!
Here is their website: http://www.thepeaceparty.net/
Excellent news! Can the Independence Party cross-nominate him, Richard?
BTW Nader has a video up on his website thanking all of the petition gathers for their efforts. Nader comes out and makes the implication that the grunt work of the drive is complete. Alll that is left is for the various Secretaries of State to process the paperwork.
It would be very impressive if Nader could reach his goal of getting on the Ballot in 45 States plus DC before Labor Day. Considering the Libertarians’ were ballot qualified in 32 States before petitioning started, the Greens had 22 states in the bag at the start and the Constitution Party was spotted a 10 State lead, Nader started from zero. It’s obvious who has popular support.
Thank you Ralph Nader for giving us a real alternative to the democratic party.
Nader has filled the vaccuum created by the 2004 “safe states” Green Party fiasco.
His organizational skills, ability to inspire petitioners, doners and attain ballot status is amazing!
The Peace Party of Oregon is ballot-qualified for all partisan office.
Oregon doesn’t permit fusion for president, although some read the election code to dispute that.
Great news and I am not even voting for Nader. Nader has surprisingly done a great job getting on ballots having little resources and as an Independent. He also entered as an Independent late and like Bob says started at 0 with no Party behind him.
GO NADER !
After 2004 maybe the Democrats don’t see him as a threat anymore and thus are leaving him alone or the Democrats with Obama know they have it in the bag. Either way who cares and I wish Nader the best of luck
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY BALLOTS HE WAS ON IN 2004?
The 2004 ballot access status of all campaigns is readily available in the Ballot Access News archives. Check the November 2004 issue of Ballot Access News here:
http://www.ballot-access.org/2004/1104.html#13
He was on the ballot in 34 states plus DC in 2004.
This time he’s turned in more than twice as many signatures or gotten a nomination in 36 states plus DC. He’s also on a number of ballots that he failed to get on in ’04: California, Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, Missouri, Virginia…
Pennsylvania, too.
Any word yet on whether the Oregon Peace Party may affiliate with the Peace and Freedom Party?
I gave Nader some press in my article although I will be casting my vote for Barr. I like Nader.
Check out my article and give it a THUMBS UP please
http://www.nolanchart.com/article4556.html
Laine Says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Any word yet on whether the Oregon Peace Party may affiliate with the Peace and Freedom Party?
Phil Sawyer replies:
That is an important question, Laine. I do not have an answer to that. Michael Richardson would probably know, however.
If Nader wanted to create an alternative to the Democratic Party, he would ask that all his state parties have the same damn name. Most people don’t follow politics that closely and aren’t going to be able to keep 5 or 6 different parties straight.
In the realm of full disclosure, I will tell you that I’m not only and active Democrat but the Chair of the Multnomah County Democrats. Not too many years ago I had to make a decision as to where and how to best direct my progressive energies. Would it be better to become increasingly active in the Democratic Party and try to move the bar to the left; or would I have more of an impact by asserting independence or joining a more progressive third party.
While I made the former choice, my progressive philosophies remain intact, and I do believe that there needs to be plenty of progressive activists working hard in all realms. While our political affiliations differ, I suspect our world views and care for our communities are strikingly similar.
That being said, I must differ to the political realities we live in. Nader has no shot at becoming president… not now; not in 2004; not in 2000. To assert yet again that the Nader candidacy is making a statement ignores the real impact his candidacy may have, and ignores that fact that he has failed to make “statements” via real grassroots organizing.
If he truly valued developing an alternative to status quo politics, it wouldn’t be just every 4 years that he pops up again and announces a run for the White House. As it stands, in these last 3 presidential pseudo-bids, he has ran under a different banner each time. He has done NOTHING in the support of candidates in the lower levels of the parties with whom he’s been associated, and his efforts spent on issue advocacy are a far cry from the Ralph Nader of bygone days.
He runs solely for himself and relies on his name recognition and his past good deeds. The champion of the past has become the ego of the present, and while he still spins a good line, the real proof is not in what he says, but what he does.
What he’s done over the past decade is little more than unabashed self promotion that has done shamefully little for the American people.