Nader fails to make Ore. ballot:

[lupita]

Secretary of State Bill Bradbury announced today that independent candidates Ralph Nader and Sandra Kucera failed to qualify for the Oregon presidential and vice presidential ballot. More details to come...

http://www.kgw.com/

[WI_DEM]

1. This is very good news

Oregon was closer than expected in 2000.

[Rambis]

9. BWAAAAAA!

:kick:

[freetobegay]

2. Yea but Jeb Bush is going to certify that nut for Florida

Tomorrow!

[Tamyrlin79]

10. He may get on in FLa....

But, if he isn't on enough ballots to win, then it will seriously hurt his turnout elsewhere in the places he is on in.

[LiberalFighter]

16. I would agree... the fewer ballots he is on the more likely...

the voters will discount his viability and seriously consider someone who can win.

[Ducks In A Row]

3. thank god

[HuckleB]

4. Great little bit on this in last week's Mercury.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/current/other_news.html

WHO'S THE FRAUD NOW?

"They failed twice this summer to qualify for November's ballot, and ever since, the Nader campaign has been crybabying. In their final attempt to reach the ballot, the campaign has spent the past six weeks gathering signatures. But still they claim the Democrats have been threatening supporters and have bellyached that the Multnomah County election division bungled signature sheets. But on Saturday, they announced they had collected enough signatures to qualify.

But wait just one fraudulent minute, said one of the state's largest unions, SEIU. They found that nearly two out of three signatures for Nader--the former consumer fraud guru--were sour. Of 534 examined, 117 were from deceased or moved persons; 162 addresses didn't exist; and 66 people claimed they hadn't signed the petition, even though their name appeared on it."

[LisaL]

20. Who said

Dead people aren't supposed to vote?
Certainly, not Nader.
LOL.

[Khephra]

5. Oregon and Texas in the same day

(The Texas info)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x793775

NOT a good day for Nader.

[Tamyrlin79]

8. Not that it really mattered in Texas...

[doubleplusgood]

15. actually, would have been OK for Texas

Better to let Nader get on the ballot in all of the solid red states & let him devote resources & spin his wheels there.

[Generator]

6. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you my fellow Oregonians for your common sense.

[depakid]

7. Color Oregon solid blue

I predict a Kerry win by between 6-8 percentage points.

[lupita]

11. A slam dunk- by the number of bumper stickers on the road!

Plus, a lot of people stop me to ask me questions about how to help Kerry when I am wearing my Kerry button, and while canvassing.

I wish the rest of the country would be like ORegon, a went for Kerry.

[HuckleB]

17. Go south and east, and, alas, those bumper stickers change.

Gore won by 7,000 votes in 2000. We can't count on anything in this state.

[doubleplusgood]

13. Yes

I'm seeing an awful lot of Kerry yards signs & bumper stickers here in normally conservative West Linn...quite a change from 4 years ago.

[Ramsey]

12. More excellent news!

First Pennsylvania then Oregon, both crucial swing states. Now Ralphie won't be there trashing Kerry (and Bush).

[Longhorn]

14. Woo-Hoo! Goodbye, Nader!

Less chance of being a spoiler as each day goes by!

[Endangered Specie]

18. ..And DO let the door hit him on the ass on the way out!

[Freddie Stubbs]

19. Seems to be a trend

;)

[swag]

21. Ralph Nader: American Fraud

[therealist]

22. I don't think...

Nader's going to matter this year either way.