Independent-Ecology Party

Ralph Nader for President 2008
Campaign	U.S. presidential election, 2008
Candidate	Ralph Nader Founder of Public Citizen and progressive activist
Affiliation	independent candidate
Status	Lost election November 4, 2008
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Key people	Matt Gonzalez (Running mate)
Slogan	People fighting back.
Website
www.votenader.org

The 2008 presidential campaign of Ralph Nader, political activist, author, lecturer and attorney began on February 24, 2008. He announced his intent to run as an independent candidate, on NBC's Meet The Press. It was Nader's fifth campaign; he ran in the four election cycles prior to 2008: 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. The 2008 election was the third in which he had officially run a national campaign. While Nader ran as an independent, in some states he had ballot access with the Independent-Ecology Party, the Natural Law Party, and the Peace and Freedom Party. Nader received 738,475 votes.

In February 2007, Nader criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as "a panderer and a flatterer". Asked on CNN Late Edition news program if he would run in 2008, Nader replied, "It's really too early to say...." Asked during a radio appearance to describe the former First Lady, Nader said, "Flatters, panders, coasting, front-runner, looking for a coronation ... She has no political fortitude." Some Greens started a campaign to draft Nader as their party's 2008 presidential candidate. In June 2007, Nader said, "You know the two parties are still converging -- they don't even debate the military budget anymore. I really think there needs to be more competition from outside the two parties." Nader praised Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and John Edwards during the race for the Democratic nomination.

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