The 2008 Candidates: Short Biographies
Constitution Party: Chuck Baldwin
Born: 5/3/52 in LaPorte, IN
Education: LaPorte High School, Liberty University (BA and MA)
Career: minister; radio talk show host; columnist
Vice President: Darrell Castle
Web Site: www. Baldwin08.com
Libertarian Party: Bob Barr
Born: 11/5/48 in Iowa City, IA
Education: Community High School, University of Southern California ('70), George Washington University (MA in '72), Georgetown Law School ('77)
Career: U.S. Congressman (8 years); lawyer
Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root
Web Site: www.bobbarr08.com
Republican Party: John McCain
Born: 8/29/36 in the Panama Canal Zone
Education: Episcopal School; United States Naval Academy ('58)
Career: naval aviator, U.S. Congressman (4 years); U.S. Senator (22 years)
Vice President: Sarah Palin
Web Site: www.johnmccain.com
Green Party: Cynthia McKinney
Born: 3/17/55 in Atlanta, GA
Education: St. Joseph High School; University of Southern California ('78); Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA in '84)
Career: professor, Georgia State Representative (4 years), U.S. Congresswoman (12 years)
Vice President: Rosa Clemente
Web Site: www.runcynthiarun.org
Independent: Ralph Nader
Born: 2/27/34 in Windsor, CT
Education: Princeton University ('55); Harvard Law School ('58)
Career: Consumer advocate, lawyer, initiator of numerous organizations and laws working to protect the environment and human rights
Vice President: Matt Gonzalez
Web site: www.votenader.org
Democratic Party: Barack Obama
Born: 8/4/61 in Hawaii
Education: Punahou School; Columbia University ('83); Harvard Law School ('91)
Career: community organizer, lawyer, Illinois State Representative (8 years), U.S. Senator (4 years)
Vice President: Joseph Biden
Web Site: www.barackobama.com