Green Party eyes Nader in Senate race

Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on November 26th, 2009

Hartford (AP) – Connecticut’s Green Party is hoping to persuade its famous native son, Ralph Nader, to jump into the hot U.S. Senate race.

Tim McKee, a party spokesman, says Sen. Chris Dodd’s vulnerability in the polls gives the Greens a great opportunity to win a Senate seat.

The Green Party plans to hold a rally on Friday afternoon at the West Hartford Library, where Nader is scheduled to speak at a book-signing.

Nader, a past presidential candidate, has not yet said whether he’d consider a run for Senate. The 75-year-old activist splits his time between Winsted and Washington, D.C.

Dodd, a Democrat, has been struggling politically. A recent Quinnipiac University Poll showed 54 percent of voters disapprove of his job performance.

| Posted in News, Sen. Chris Dodd (D), Ralph Nader, Green Party
| 7 feedbacks »
Comment from: GLENNA MACDONALD [Visitor] Email
Mabe Nadar will consider next
Governor of Connecticut.
~Peace Glenna~
11/26/09 @ 20:43
Comment from: Independant Observer [Visitor] Email
I hope Nader runs. He would round out the loons and dilute their votes.
11/27/09 @ 18:05
Comment from: anonymous [Visitor]
I hope Nader runs and Dodd loses.
11/27/09 @ 18:23
Comment from: Able [Visitor] Email
McMahon is already doing a good job at that IO.
11/28/09 @ 02:19
Comment from: Independent [Visitor] Email
Nader will never be elected to any position in government. He is good at what he does but will never be elected to anything. Just stay home Ralph we don't need you helping Dodd win.
11/28/09 @ 06:12
Comment from: Able [Visitor] Email
IO - We all know that NOTHING will help Dodd win, short of all the candidates dropping out.
11/28/09 @ 14:31
Comment from: Get Real [Visitor] Email
If Nader wants to run - great - such is what freedom is all about. The only thing that scares me is that Dodd could win as a minority candidate.
Thus such is why we need a run off system as to insure that each candidate taking office is a majority candidate, not a "split all my enemies" largest minority candidate.
While I intend to vote for Linda, I would consider voting for Ralph IF he and Dodd were in a run off election.
11/28/09 @ 15:49

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