election demographics

[Brad DeLong]

>On Tue, 7 Nov 2000 Nathan Newman wrote:
>>  While a burgeoning movement does not have to gain the allegiance of the
>>  whole society in the beginning, deliberatly alienating the closest potential
>>  allies is disasterous over the longterm.  Whatever goodwill the Greens had
>>  slowly been building at the local level has been squandered.
>
>Is potentially squandered, you mean. Time will tell in any case. If Gore
>loses by a huge gap, then it'll be impossible to blame the Greens; if Gore
>loses in a squeaker, yes, there will be hell to pay.

And there is, and there is...