Opinion: Ralph Nader gears up to set a record

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In so many ways, this has been a campaign for the record books. One only need to look to fundraising totals for proof.

Now, Ralph Nader wants a piece of the action. So when the third-party presidential candidate woke up this morning, he set out to break a Guinness World Record.

Nader will hold campaign events in 21 cities across Massachusetts today in an attempt to break the world record for the most speeches in a 24-hour time period. The campaign is calling it Nader’s ‘Massachusetts Marathon.’

The candidate is scheduled to deliver more than 315 minutes of speeches and drive more than 365 miles today. Each speech will last at least 10 minutes and will tackle a separate issue, according to a Nader/Gonzalez news release.

If Nader breaks the record, we at The Ticket would not be surprised. After all, the four-time presidential candidate is nothing if not tenacious.

-- Kate Linthicum