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MILWAUKEE - For Green Party delegate Tony Affigne, the question of nominating the relatively unknown David Cobb for president or endorsing the high-profile Ralph Nader comes down to one thing. Which one is better suited to grow the Green Party and ensure its views are part of this fall's presidential campaign? Green Party delegates began arriving Wednesday in Milwaukee for their national convention, many of them asking themselves the same question. Cobb has won a plurality of delegates in the Green Party's primaries and caucuses, but Nader has been the party's candidate in the last two elections. He also offers...

WASHINGTON - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) selected longtime Green Party activist Peter Camejo (news - web sites) to be his running mate on Monday, a move sure to boost his chances of winning the Green Party's endorsement this week and its access to ballot lines in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Camejo, an investment adviser from Folsom, Calif., had been one of two leading contenders for the Green Party's presidential nomination. The announcement came in advance of the Green Party convention beginning Wednesday in Milwaukee. Nader, who ran as the Green Party candidate...

Sorry, John Kerry: Ralph Nader today boosted his chances of bagging the Green Party's endorsement by tapping longtime Green activist Peter Camejo as his running mate. "Camejo, an investment adviser from Folsom, Calif., had been one of two leading contenders for the Green Party's presidential nomination," the Associated Press reported. He got stomped by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his last bid for office: governor of California. Ben Manski, one of the Greens' five co-chairmen, said: "This is an opportunity for Nader to make an overture to the party membership. I think it certainly would put him much more in the running...

<p>Green Party advocate Peter Camejo said yesterday that voters have no choice without a strong third party and urged a crowd gathered in the District to support Ralph Nader's bid for the presidency.</p> <p>"This may be the last time he ever runs for office, and he wants to use his power and is willing to sacrifice his name to give voters a choice," Mr. Camejo said.</p>

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99450,00.html http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030712-104208-8767r.htm One of the greatest lies in American politics today is the idea that pandering to the illegal immigrant agenda, a group of Hispanic advocacy groups and socialist foundations, will get you the Hispanic vote and get you elected. Both Davis and Bustamante had pandered to the illegal immigrant agenda. Davis had signed into law the illegal driver’s license law (SB60) that allowed anyone from around the world to walk into the DMV and get a drivers license. Davis also lead the effort to stop Prop 187, a law that would have stopped handing out state tax money to...