From Beyond Chron

Nader to Pick Gonzalez as Running Mate

By Paul Hogarth‚ Feb. 28‚ 2008  At 9:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time today, presidential candidate Ralph Nader will announce his running mate at a Washington DC press conference. BeyondChron has learned that it will be former San Francisco Supervisor and Board President Matt Gonzalez. We were unaware of Gonzalez's plans when he wrote a guest editorial for us yesterday, and so did not disclose it at the time.

Gonzalez ran for Mayor in 2003, coming very close to becoming the
first Green Party mayor of a major U.S. city. On February 5th, Nader
won the California primary for the 2008 Green Party nomination with
60% of the vote. This is Nader's fourth consecutive run for the
Presidency. His running mate in 1996 and 2000 was Native American
activist Winona LaDuke. His running mate in 2004 was Peter Camejo.

Ralph's VP running mate is coming to town tonight.

Tomorrow at noon, Ralph and his running mate will appear together at a press conference in downtown Washington.

And tomorrow evening, they will speak at George Washington University.

Now, just a word of thanks.

Late Monday, we put out a call for donations to the campaign in honor of Ralph's birthday.

We said that over the course of two days, we wanted to raise $50,000 from 500 of you.

And you came through with flying colors - we raised $56,663.32 from 767 of you.

Thank you for your dedication and generosity.

We printed all of your names out, included them in a giant birthday card, and presented it tonight to Ralph.

Happy Birthday Ralph!

Now, let's continue to spread the word.

Get your friends and family to sign up.

And let's get Ralph on the ballot all across the country.

Onward.