Position: Secretary - Agriculture

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

Ralph Nader

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• Ralph Nader to speak at MVCC
  Former presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader will speak at noon Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the Mohawk Valley Community College Theater.
• Nader on Obama: 'He wavers a lot'
  The man who changed the face of consumer protection in America and ran as a third-party candidate in the last three presidential elections is again calling for fundamental societal change. He'll be in Utica on Tuesday.
• Nader asks Paul about father
  WASHINGTON - Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader wants to know where Rand Paul stands on bills sponsored in the U.S. House by his father.
• Ate Up With Motor Corvair Article Is Out, Angry Mob Of Corvair Zealots Gathering [History]
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• Independent thinks Cantor too liberal
  Floyd C. Bayne is running for the 7th District House seat.
• Obama's neglected base
  Paul Krugman speaks for many, I'd guess, in writing of disappointment among progressives about President Obama. Why he asks, does he continue to alienate friends while attempting to woo people who'll never stop hating him. He concludes, though, with a pragmatic assessment that mirrors the situation facing Arkansas voters this cycle (insert Lincoln for Obama in the following): Just to be clear ...
• Is It School Policy, or Political Convenience?
  Chicago university refuses to host former Bush adviser Karl Rove, arguing a 'political' speaker would threaten its tax-exempt status, yet agrees to allow Obama appointee to address students Expulsion of Student Who Opposes Gays Upheld
• On the trail of the stalking horse
  The Green Party is on the ballot in Texas, due in no small part, it appears, to the efforts of that noted environmentalist, Gov. Rick Perry . Who says Republicans can't reach across the aisle?
• Chicago School Practicing Double Standard?
  A private university in Chicago that refuses to host former senior Bush adviser Karl Rove, arguing that welcoming a "political" speaker ahead of the midterm elections could threaten its tax-exempt status, has added an Obama administration appointee to address the student body.
• Stumbling Toward a Bleak Horizon
  Editors Note: The political horizon looks bleak: Republicans are convinced their strategy of sabotage and obstruction will put them back in charge of Congress in November; the Obama administration has squandered precious time in a quixotic search for bipartisanship; and the American Left is back to Ralph Naders old formulation seeing not a dimes worth of difference between Republicans and ...