February 28, 2008
Nader Picks Veritable Unknown As His Veep
Ralph Nader announced his pick of Matt Gonzalez, a past member of the San Francisco board of supervisors, as his running mate. If you're thinking -- 'Gonzalez, who?' -- you're probably not alone.
Gonzalez, a native of McAllen, Tx., ran unsuccessfully for mayor of San Fran in 2003, losing to Gavin Newsom. He graduated from Columbia College in 1987 and received his J.D. in 1990 from Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review.
Nader said today that Gonzalez is "committed to his politics with clear eloquence and humane logic." And he mentioned that one reason that he selected Gonzalez is that the pol helped push to raise the minimum wage in SF, which boasts the highest rate in the nation.
Perhaps another reason Nader picked Gonzalez ... No one else would run with him. We're just speculating, of course. No real cause to think that Nader's choice of an nationally unknown city official as his sidekick might reflect a paucity of excitement among progressives about his third consecutive WH bid ...
The duo hold their first rally together this evening at George Washington University.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 12:01 PM
Comments
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John | 02.28.08 07:59 PM
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hey, Matt Gonzalez came within three or four points of winning that san francisco mayor's race.
if it weren't for some big names (clinton himself if memory serves) turning out to campaign against him in the final days, he probably would have become the highest ranking green politician -- i think it's an impressive get, not that i expect nader to do much more than cynthia mckinney this election...
by the way, if bill clinton hadn't campaigned against gonzalez, the dems wouldn't have had gavin newsom's declaration of gay marriage shortly before the presidential election of 2004 -- not having democrat = san fran = gay marriage in the news could have won it for kerry... fear of nader, fear of the greens, really ends up crippling the dems in a way that the republicans have never let the libertarians bristle them...
RPlatypus | 02.29.08 01:00 AM
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hey, Matt Gonzalez came within three or four points of winning that san francisco mayor's race.
if it weren't for some big names (clinton himself if memory serves) turning out to campaign against him in the final days, he probably would have become the highest ranking green politician -- i think it's an impressive get, not that i expect nader to do much more than cynthia mckinney this election...
by the way, if bill clinton hadn't campaigned against gonzalez, the dems wouldn't have had gavin newsom's declaration of gay marriage shortly before the presidential election of 2004 -- not having democrat = san fran = gay marriage in the news could have won it for kerry... fear of nader, fear of the greens, really ends up crippling the dems in a way that the republicans have never let the libertarians bristle them...
RPlatypus | 02.29.08 01:00 AM
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