Peace & Freedom Presidential Candidate Debate and the Imperial Presidency

Cynthia McKinney is the 2008 presidential candidate for the Green Party and served 12 years in the U.S. Congress as a Democratic Representative from Georgia.



Gloria La Riva is the 2008 presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the 1994 and 1998 PF Party candidate for governor of California.



Brian Moore has been selected as the Socialist Party USA presidential nominee for 2008. He is a former Peace Corps volunteer, anti-war and labor rights organizer.



Ralph Nader is the 1996 and 2000 Green Party presidential nominee. The consumer rights icon ran an independent presidential campaign in 2004, and became the Peace & Freedom Presidential candidate on Aug. 3, 2008.


Duration 58:18


The Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA, on Apr 21st, 2008 features author Gene Healy on The Bipartisan Romance with the Imperial Presidency.

Gene Healy, author of "The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power", discusses how the role of the President has changed from the vision of the Framers of the Constitution and the obstacles to returning it to its narrow, constitutional function.

Gene Healy is an American political pundit, journalist and editor. Duration 44:56


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