Archive - Oct 8, 2008

Election Unspun is continuing the conversation with third party candidates. Joining us is Matt Gonzales, Ralph Nader's running mate on the Independent ticket. Gonzales is from San Francisco, he nearly beat Mayor Gavin Newsom in the 2003 election as a Green Party candidate. Matt Gonzales, Nader is out campaigning across the country against the bail out, he's speaking at a protest on Wall Street today. What is your position on the bail out?

• Contradictions in McCain's Domestic Plan
• Republicans Launch "Voter Fraud Alert" Campaign
• Bloomberg Seeks Forbidden Third Term
• Treasure Seeks Wall Street's Help in Bailout
• US Launches New African Military Command amid Little Fanfare
• Niger Delta Violence Takes its Toll on Civilians

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• US Now Says 30 Afghani Civilians Killed in Air Strike
• GBR Announces Plans to Partially Nationalize British Banks
• Ethnic Violence Leaves Thousands Homeless in India
• Rift Threatens South Africa's ANC Party
• MD Police Testify Non-Violent Activists Were Listed as Terrorists
• Jordan Jails Accused of Harboring Widespread Torture

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In the aftermath of 9/11, then Mayor Rudy Giuliani asked the City
Council to extend his term in office, which was expiring, so that he
could deal with the consequences of the disaster. Now, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg is using the economic catastrophe as the impetus to gain the
opportunity to run for a forbidden third term. Zoe Sullivan reports
from New York.

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Voter registration deadlines have either already passed or are quickly approaching, and states are undertaking the sometimes tedious role of registering thousands of new voters. And now, the Republican National Committee has begun a Voter Fraud Alert campaign.  The Republican Party has sent out alerts on cases in nearly a dozen states, including: Wisconsin, Missouri, Ohio, Nevada, and Indiana, all battleground states. The low-income advocacy group ACORN is alleged to have submitted false voter registrations. In Nevada the Secretary of State ordered the police to raid the ACORN office in Las Vegas. They seized computers and files. No one was arrested and no charges are pending. ACORN says they have helped to register more than a million voters in 16 states around the country.

The Treasury Department is soliciting proposals from financial institutions to help manage the recovery plan – which means that Wall Street may take the driver's seat in the Wall Street bailout. If that sounds like a conflict of interest to you, you're not alone. Tanya Snyder reports.

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