Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to the many.”
Nader, 73, said most people are disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties due to a prolonged Iraq war and a shaky economy. The consumer advocate also blamed tax and other corporate-friendly policies under the Bush administration that he said have left many lower- and middle-class people in debt.
His entry to race is pretty much irrelevant. After 2000, Democrats, determined not to let Nader siphon off votes from John Kerry in 2004, blocked Nader from getting on the ballot in many states, and with yet another likely close race for 2008, Nader will probably not see his name on the ballot except for in a handful of states.
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