CNN reports Ralph is running… again:

NADER SEES A VACUUM, JUMPS IN

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Ralph Nader, the longtime consumer advocate who was blamed by many Democrats for Al Gore¹s loss in the 2000 presidential election, launched an exploratory committee Wednesday for another White
House bid, and told CNN he is likely to get in the race if he can put the resources in place.

“John Edwards, the banner of Democratic Party populism, is dropping out, and Dennis Kucinich dropped out earlier, so in terms of voters who are at least interested in having major areas of injustice, depravations, and solutions
discussed in a presidential campaign, they might be interested in my exploratory effort,” Nader said.

Nader has launched an official exploratory committee Web site, and said he will formally make a decision in about a month. He said he is certain to ge in the race if he can demonstrate the ability to raise $10 million and
recruit enough lawyers to deal with ballot access issues. He also said he has formally filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Committee, though the FEC said it has yet to receive anything from him.

Nader said he finds Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both unacceptable candidates, and he said whichever wins the party’s presidential nomination will not have an impact on his decision to run.

INTERSTING–THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE GREEN PARTY IN THIS REPORT!

ITS OFFICIAL: ALSO ON CNN—- Rudy Giuliani says he is ending his bid for GOP presidential nomination, endorsing Sen. John McCain. Mcain was also endorsed by Governor Arnold S.

And Get this—from the Fishbowl Blog—Conservative Talk Radio Is Not Happy with McCain:

One of the curious side narratives of this wide open election season is the way that talk radio has injected itself onto the Republicn presidential primary process. Here in New York City there is a radio station — the influential WABC — in which virtually every host is virulently opposed to Senator John McCain receiving the nomination. Lisetening to the conservative station is not unlike listening to a continuous 24-hour anti-John McCain ad. What effect, however, this has on the primary process in the tri-state area on Super Duper Tuesday is not immediately apparent.

From the AP: ‘’John McCain heads into Tuesday’s Florida primary facing resistance from not only his fellow candidates, but also from the leaders of conservative talk radio, who some suggest have put their reputations on the line, as well.

‘’Talk radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh said that if McCain or Mike Huckabee are nominated, ‘it’s going to destroy the Republican Party.’ Mark Levin calls the senator ‘John McLame.’ On Monday, Laura Ingraham said she was “concerned about the mental stability of the McCain campaign” and had cuckoo-clock sound effects accompany his words.

‘’Radio host Michael Medved said that the big loser in South Carolina was talk radio, ‘a medium that has unmistakably collapsed in terms of impact, influence and credibility because of its hysterical and one-dimensional involvement in the GOP nomination fight.”’

OTHER MEDIA NEWS

I WANT MEDIA.COM Google Exec: We Won’t Become a Media Company

David Eun, the head of Google’s content partnerships, insists that the Internet behemoth won’t be a competitor to traditional media. Producing content is “not our business,” he says. “Journalists, news bureaus — that’s not what we do.”

Survey: Google, Murdoch Are ‘Media Sensations’

Search giant Google, its mobile developer platform Android, and rising News Corp. exec James Murdoch are the “media sensations to watch” in 2008, according to a survey of media execs by the Guardian Media Group. Of those canvassed, 44% say they read a print newspaper every day.

And that’s the Dissector blog for today. Comments to dissector@mediachannel.org