WHEELING, ILL. — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he would lobby to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago if he is elected. Romney, credited with rescuing the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, also said at a fundraiser here that he’d work make sure there is ample federal support for security and transportation during the Games.
Nader sues Democrats over 2004
WASHINGTON — Consumer advocate and 2004 independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday, contending officials conspired to keep him from taking votes away from nominee John Kerry.
Nader’s lawsuit also named as co-defendants Kerry’s campaign, the Service Employees International Union and so-called 527 organizations.
Among other things, the lawsuit alleges that the Democratic National Committee tried to bankrupt Nader’s campaign by suing to keep him off the ballot in 18 states. It also suggests the DNC sent Kerry supporters to crash a Nader petition drive in Portland, Ore., in June 2004, preventing him from collecting enough signatures to get on the ballot.
