2008 Presidential Candidates
Members of 2008 Presidential Candidates
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Michael Bloomberg
- (I)
Michael Bloomberg has been serving as Mayor of New York City since 2001. A billionaire businessman prior to public office, the newly Independent Bloomberg was considered a possible candidate for president in 2008. |
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John McCain
- (R)
John McCain spent 5 and 1/2 years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp before entering the House and the Senate (R-AZ). He led 2 unsuccessful presidential campaigns. He is running again in the 2008 election. |
2007 |
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Ralph Nader
- (I)
Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. The consumer advocate made the announcement Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." He says most Americans are disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties, and that none of the presidential contenders are addressing ways to stem corporate crime and Pentagon waste and promote labor rights. Nader also ran as a third-party candidate in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. He is still loathed by many Democrats who call him a spoiler and claim his candidacy in 2000 cost the party the election by siphoning votes away from Al Gore in a razor-thin contest in Florida. |
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Barack Obama
- (D)
Entering the U.S. Senate in 2005 for Illinois, Barack Obama is won the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 after securing enough delegate votes on the 3 June 2008 primary. |
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