On July 30, 2008, the Michigan Natural Law Party nominated Ralph Nader for president, ensuring the appearance of the Nader / Gonzalez campaign on the Michigan ballot.

The Green Party has contested four U. S. presidential elections: in 1996 and 2000 with Ralph Nader for President and Winona LaDuke as Vice President, in 2004 with David Cobb for President and Pat LaMarche for Vice President, and in 2008 with Cynthia McKinney for President and Rosa Clemente for Vice President.

In 2008, the Democratic candidate Barack Obama won the county with 95, 356 votes ( 51. 85 %), while Republican John McCain won 84, 242 votes ( 45. 79 %) and independent Ralph Nader won 1, 791 votes ( 0. 97 %).

* Ralph Nader ( mascot for his 2008 campaign for president )

In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 74 % of the vote here, defeating Democrat Barack Obama, who received 16 % ( Independent Ralph Nader received the last 10 %).

* Populist Party of Maryland, a vehicle for the Ralph Nader presidential campaign of 2004, still extant as the Independent Party of Maryland since 2008.

The party nominated Ralph Nader for President in the 2008 U. S. Presidential election.

The nomination ensured that the Nader / Gonzalez presidential ticket would appear on the ballot in California for the 2008 election.

On August 6, 2008, the Nader / Gonzalez campaign submitted sufficient signatures to appear on the Iowa and Utah ballots as the Peace and Freedom Party candidate.

In 2008, Nader appeared on 45 ballots and D. C. For more information see ballot access laws.

In the 2000, 2004, and 2008 elections, the American Reform Party supported Ralph Nader for president.

On September 10, 2008, McKinney joined a press conference held by third-party and independent candidates, along with Ralph Nader, Chuck Baldwin, and initiator Ron Paul.

On November 4, 2008 McKinney received 161, 603 votes, 0. 12 % of the total votes cast, placing her behind Obama, McCain, Nader, Barr, and Baldwin.

In the 2008 presidential election, Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader.

On June 19, 2008, this plane carried 7 year old Jules Nader as he set the Guinness world record for the youngest human being to fly in microgravity.

In the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections, Means supported independent Ralph Nader.

* Star Academy 5 ( 2008 ): Nader Guirat

In early July 2008, it was announced that long-time owner Sam Nader had sold the franchise he purchased in 1966.

In October 2008, she interviewed Ralph Nader for C-SPAN.

While many contemporary Democratic party leaders and Green Party leaders have at times called themselves " progressives ," the term is usually self-applied by those on or to the left of the Democratic party, Bernie Sanders, Russ Feingold, Al Franken, Debbie Stabenow, Dennis Kucinich, Alan Grayson, Mike Gravel, Cynthia McKinney ( The Green Party candidate for President in 2008 ), John Edwards, Sherrod Brown, Kathleen Sebelius, David McReynolds, Ralph Nader ( The Green Party presidential candidate in 2000 ), Howard Dean, Peter Camejo, Al Gore, and the late Paul Wellstone and Ted Kennedy.

Recent prominent independent candidates for president of the United States include John Anderson in 1980, Ross Perot in 1992, and Ralph Nader in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

In 2008, independent Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader formed Independent Parties in New Mexico, Delaware, and elsewhere to gain ballot access in several states.

2008 independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader referred to the laws such as the one Jacob was charged with breaking as “ Jim Crow laws ,” adding, “ We ’ ve seen this before against African Americans.

In The Guardian dated 6 September 2008, Bunny May, a contributor to the letters page, claims that he ( along with John Junkin and David Clime ) invented the game in 1970, in an actors ' club off Shaftesbury Avenue called " Gerry's " ( which was run at the time by Gerald Campion ), in order to infuriate and bemuse patrons whom they found boring or boorish.

In 2008, long-time contributor Marie Mason was arrested as part of what some call the Green Scare.

It later emerged that the conflict between the controversial coach and the players was another big contributor behind Nordlie's departure, his punishing training regime in the run-up to the 2008 season being cited as the main complaint.

Since its launch in 2008, Tomlin has been a contributor for wowOwow. com, a website for women to talk culture, politics and gossip.

* The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute ( HHI ) was a significant contributor to the H. 264 / MPEG-4 AVC video compression standard, a technology recognized with two Emmy awards in 2008 and 2009.

Your Money or Your Life: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century, published by Penguin Books in December 2008 by Vicki Robin with Monique Tilford and contributor Mark Zaifman.

Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band their 2008 Chicago " Band of the Year ", calling them " as good a rock band as any to call Chicago home in the last decade.

* Great Expectations ( 2008 ) House of Anansi ( contributor )

Blaikie was a contributor to Northern Lights: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Writing in Canada, which was published shortly after the 2008 federal election.

* Sarah Palin, vice presidential candidate in 2008, former Governor of Alaska, author, and Fox News contributor

However, in September 2008, Mayor Bloomberg condemned the LMDC as a contributor to a slower progress in rebuilding and he demanded dissolution of the LMDC.

In the realm of science, notable UND alumni include important contributor to information theory Harry Nyquist, pioneer aviator Carl Ben Eielson, Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, engineer and 2008 IEEE-USA president Russell Lefevre, NASA astronaut Karen L. Nyberg, and leading NASA manager John H. Disher

He was also a frequent contributor to LewRockwell. com, prior to 2008.

XANGO, LLC, has been the top contributor to the political campaign of Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, contributing $ 47, 200 in 2008 and $ 46, 700 in 2006, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Since July 2008, Lanpher has been a contributor to WNYC's The Takeaway.

In June 2008, Mohr's work schedule allowed him to once again become a frequent contributor on Opie and Anthony.

On September 5, 2008 Vitale was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor to the sport, after falling just short of induction the previous year.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu was the second largest campaign contributor to Fossella in the 2006 campaign cycle and among the largest contributors in the 2008 campaign cycle.

Moulitsas is also a regular contributor to Newsweek, having been hired by the magazine for its 2008 presidential campaign coverage.

In May 2008 Colgan became a contributor with CBS ' The Early Show and has served as co-host of a public affairs radio program in the Philadelphia area.

He is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 4 ’ s Saturday Live which in 2008 was nominated for two Sony Awards.

Since January 2008, he has been a contributor to PokerSource, a GPL'd online poker system written and maintained by Loïc Dachary.

During the 2008 baseball season, Todd was a regular contributor to Comcast Sports Net Chicago commenting on the Chicago Cubs baseball season.

Previous rectors of St Matthew's included Tim Harris, who in May 2008 became the first Dean of Bishopdale Theological College, New Zealand, and Kevin Giles, a well-known contributor to discussions about gender roles and the Trinity, including subordinationism.