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Even if Bush weren’t as formidable an opponent, Kerry still has to deal with the last election’s spoiler, Ralph Nader. Though Nader has promised to leave the race if it looks like he might swing it for Bush (and polling data indicates that he very well might), his mere entry into the campaign threatens to split the liberal vote. If he really wants to form a united front against the president, Nader should rally behind the one man who has a chance at beating Bush—John Kerry...
Many critics believed that the waves of general education reform did not point towards anything progressive, and that the national flurry of reforms marked a swing of the pendulum back to the way curricula were before 1960s campus activists forced many university administrations to abolish or loosen course requirements...
NASCAR for Nader, perhaps? Once again, Ralph Nader is making Democrats very, very nervous. Polls show him running in the single digits both nationally and in battleground states, but that could conceivably be enough to swing a state or two in what insiders expect to be another close election. As the news from Iraq gets even worse, Nader--who supports a total withdrawal of U.S. forces in six months--could become the candidate of choice for the most hard-core antiwar voters, who may see little difference between John Kerry's stay-the-course approach and Bush's. "Unlike...
Nader once again puts the Democrats in a delicate situation. As long as Nader is in the race, Kerry will need to tend his left flank, which could make it harder for him to appeal to centrist swing voters. Come fall, Kerry could also find himself in a situation similar to what Gore faced--be forced to spend precious time and money campaigning in states like Washington and Maine that, without Nader in the race, would be solidly in his column...
...seem to have an insatiable appetite for whizbang clubs like the Big Bertha, the last one to revolutionize golf. The Quad debuts June 15, but is already hot on the PGA Tour. Says TaylorMade's Sean Toulon: "We've empowered golfers to change their equipment to fit their swing and improve performance--a significant development." At least until the next high-tech gizmo comes along. --By Sonja Steptoe