The votes are in and Will Harper reports that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader received a dismal "4,000 votes in the city this year for his latest presidential experiment," while just eight years ago he managed to cull in 24,819 votes, at least according to Department of Election records. And if that doesn't just tear it, Nader running mate Matt Gonzalez "received 12,743 votes when he ran for supervisor in Nov. 2000 ... three times the number of votes when he ran in a little district (with a much smaller pool of voters) than he and Nader are going to capture citywide in 2008." Ouch. (SF Weekly)