[From ABC News]
With Harsh Words for Current Field, Nader Says Candidacy as Urgent as Ever
Rick Klein
01.30.2008
Former independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said in an interview Wednesday that he will launch another presidential bid if he’s convinced he can raise enough money to appear on the vast majority of state ballots this fall. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Ralph Nader has formed a presidential exploratory committee, and said
in an interview Wednesday that he will launch another presidential bid
if he’s convinced he can raise enough money to appear on the vast
majority of state ballots this fall.
Nader, who ran as an independent candidate in each of the past
three presidential elections, told ABCNews.com that he will run in 2008
if he is convinced over the next month that he would be able to raise
$10 million over the course of the campaign attract enough
lawyers willing to work free of charge to get his name on state
ballots.
Nader said he filed papers with the Federal Election Commission and launched a Web site after Dennis Kucinich, a liberal Ohio congressman, announced his decision to withdraw from the presidential race last week.
He was set to announce that he had formed an exploratory
committee Wednesday, even before former Sen. John Edwards made it known
that he’d be ending his candidacy. But with Edwards who has made
economic populism and ending poverty cornerstones of his campaign leaving the Democratic field, Nader said, he feels his candidacy is
more urgent than ever.
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