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Democrat vote fears as Nader runs again
Ralph Nader formally announced yesterday that he is to make his fifth run for the White House, renewing fears that he might again take votes from the Democrats in a tight race.

The consumer champion, who will turn 74 this week, rejected suggestions that he would damage the prospects of the Democratic candidate.
He stood in that campaign as the Green party candidate and took 2.7% of the vote. He stood again in 2004, as an independent, taking only 0.3%.
"If the Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form," he said.

Nader has stood four times for the presidency since 1992. Many Democrats blame him for taking crucial votes from Al Gore in 2000, allowing George Bush to take the presidency, an assessment that Nader rejects. He stood in that campaign as the Green party candidate and took 2.7% of the vote. He stood again in 2004, as an independent, taking only 0.3%.

He will offer a platform to the left of the two Democratic runners, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Fred 2008-02-25
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