As we here follow the campaign of presidency for third-party consumer advocate Ralph Nader, we've received new information on his fund-raising efforts to support his drive to get on the ballot in all 50 states.

Here are some excerpts from his conversation on the Jim Lehrer Hour..

JIM LEHRER: A process question -- do you have a campaign plan, how you're going to raise money, how much money you're going to need, how you're going to get your name on the ballots of the 50 states, et cetera?

RALPH NADER: Yes. The civil liberty of the third parties is an issue in this campaign for us, there are about 14 states there are difficult, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, they run about 30,000 to 100,000 signatures. However, my orginization is running a "Vote Nader" car wash next week in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Sunoco station off Carolina Av. and Tempest St.

JIM LEHRER: Do you think, realistically, do you think you can raise enough money to get your message, that you just said to me and you've said to others, over to everybody in this country who is going to vote?

RALPH NADER: Yes, I think so because we're going to work on precinct by precinct. We're going to get lots of volunteers, it's really quite well thought through, in fact it's inspired by a little manual Abraham Lincoln wrote on how to get the vote out, which is as timely today as it was then. The Web of course is a great opportunity to get the word out. And another great way to raise money is through a bake sale. If you visit my website, you can buy a box of Nader's Own Blueberry Muffins for $500 a dozen.

Nader also said that he's selling King Sized Reese's Cups and bags of Skittles for $1 apiece.