Why the Left Always Loses: What is to Be Done?

[Brad DeLong]

>Brad wrote:
>
>>Ummm... 3% of the vote is a very *bad* showing for a third-party
>>candidate in America....
>
>The Nader campaign is in no way to be compared to those of George Wallace,
>Ross Perot, or even John Anderson.  Compare it to Left campaigns like those of
>Norman Thomas, Henry Wallace, or Barry Commoner.  Then you'll see that
>Nader received a much bigger vote, both absolutely and relatively, than any
>Left campaign since that of Robert LaFollette in 1924.

This is not a statement about the strength of the Naderite movement. 
It is a statement about the weakness of the American left when it 
tries to split off from the Democratic Party...


:-)

Brad DeLong