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After Ralph Nader announced he would run for president this year, Democrats haunted by the memory of the 2000 election had a fit. After all, he spoiled an election once; he could certainly do it again. But Democrats’ foreboding sense of déjà vu gives Nader too much credit. Voters may have used Nader’s last campaign to broadcast their dissatisfaction with the options America’s two major parties offered, but they have learned an important lesson. Nader, apparently, has not. Faced with lackluster support, an outdated platform and opposition...
...says volumes about the strength of Nader’s candidacy that most voters may not even have the option of voting for the man. As an independent, Nader has to gather signatures in each state to get his name on the ballot—upwards of 1.5 million in total. Texas, the first deadline, requires Nader’s volunteers—he will not hire help—to collect 64,000 signatures by May 13, an enterprise that Texas Democrats will undoubtedly hinder...
...only way for the Nader campaign to escape the sheer magnitude of the task is to garner the support of third parties with ballot lines, such as the Green Party. However, after withdrawing his candidacy for the Green Party nomination, Nader must bank on the “Redraft Nader” campaign, which seeks to grant him party nomination at the Green Party National Convention in June. Even there, his chances for success will be severely diminished by the contingent of Greens who question the logic of running a candidate at all and would prefer to back the Democrats...
When asked about joining Ralph Nader on a presidential ticket, Kucinich responded that he did not foresee such a union...
...Nader were the progressive he claims to be, he’d lose the self-righteousness and take a lesson from Dean and Gore: Instead of glorifying yourself, start blogging and agitate for real, pragmatic progressive change...