Secretary of State Bill Bradbury just announced that Ralph Nader failed to make Oregon's ballot for the general election. I know the rule about no one-sentence diaries, but I wanted to get the news out. I'll update the diary soon.
Source:Northwest Cable News Channel
[Update] Oregon Public Broadcasting confirms that the effort to get Nader on the ballot by petition has failed, but the numbers are not yet available. Naderites were confident their 18,000 signatures would be enough to meet the 15,300+ requirement, but there were many instances of chicanery, duplicate signatures and other problems. Will post link to the AP story when AP posts its damned story!