23.02.04

"I bet that even Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt would agree that the Democratic Party would be better off with more bowling and polka"

Short and sweet article that argues that the Democrats' reaction to Nader entering the race is all wrong, and that they ought to be trying to embrace the Nader-leaning voters, particularly those who have gotten behind Dennis Kucinich.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who voted for Nader in 2000 who would do so this time around, but I don't think the Democrats should take that for granted, and they won't help the situation with the bully tactic of telling us as Al Sharpton put it:"A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush".
What worries me almost as much as the prospect of another Bush presidency is the Democrats' tendency to be so concerned about ending up with a candidate that can beat George Bush, that they end up nominating George Bush.

Posted by monk at 23.02.04 16:52
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