MONDAY, AUGUST 11.

PROGRAM # 5520.  12:00 PDT.

THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES: NADER-GONZALEZ 08. With healthcare, energy dependence and the war in Iraq topping their progressive agenda, independent presidential hopeful Ralph Nader and vice presidential candidate Matthew Gonzalez challenge the choices of the two major parties. Nader, the first Arab-American to run for president in the U.S., is on his fifth presidential campaign. He is a well-known consumer advocate. Gonzalez is a Texas-born attorney and former public defender. As a Green Party candidate, he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He joins this program to talk about his campaign and comment on the protest vote.

Guest: Matthew Gonzalez, Independent Vice presidential candidate, San Francisco, CA.

ALSO, JUDGE UPHOLDS NATURALIZATION BACKLOGS. With the backlog in the U.S. naturalization process worsening, civil rights attorneys have taken federal authorities to court. A federal judge took the government side, stating that expediting the paperwork would endanger national security. The leading attorney in this case talks about next legal steps.

Guest: César Perales, Executive director, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, NY.

This program is part of the series "Hacia el Voto 2008."