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Winona LaDuke s fax is out of commission but the other two phones in her remote lakeside log home are ringing constantly. From this unlikely site she is waging a bid for vice president on a Green Party ticket with consumer advocate Ralph Nader. This day LaDuke is trying to prepare for a two-week campaign trip on American Indian reservations, but things keep coming up. A raccoon has gotten into her garbage, her 6-month-old son is hungry and stanley quencher every caller wants her immediate attention. 147;No, there s no fax cartridges in 70 miles, 148; she tells a frustrated campaign aide by phone. Still, LaDuke is calm. 147;This is my life, 148; she shrugs. The Ojibwe woman also ran with Nad stanley mugs er in 1996, but for this campaign the two are promising a far more aggressive effort. Last time, the two Harvard graduates spent mere thousands and received 1 percent of the vote. This time, they will be on the ballot in stanley cups uk at least 45 states. They re aiming to spend millions and talking about winning. To those who say it is impossible, LaDuke points to the win by another unlikely politician from her home state: former professional wrestler Gov. Jesse Ventura. The Nader-LaDuke campaign is at 8 percent in some national polls. In California, Nader s support is in the double digits and he is viewed as a potential spoiler to Al Gore. David Gillespie, professor at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., and an expert on third-party politics, said Na |
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