[lbo-talk] please, ralph, NOOO!!!

[Brad DeLong]

>Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>Lance Murdoch wrote:
>>
>>>These DLC "new" Democrats are perfectly happy
>>>with half of Americans, mostly poor and working class Americans, being
>>>disengaged from politics.
>>
>>But the DLC guy, Lieberman, is unlikely to get the nomination, and 
>>they're beside themselves over Dean's alleged (and phantasmic) 
>>McGovernish liberalism.
>>
>>And I'm not a DLC guy, or even a Democrat, and I want Nader to go 
>>jump in a lake, with heavy rocks in his pockets.
>
>Well, look at it this way. I think we all agree that Nader's impact 
>on the 2000 election was pretty marginal, and the Democrats are 
>making far too much about it to cover up for their own failures. If 
>that's the case, then maybe we shouldn't worry very much about 
>Nader's impact on the coming election.
>

???

There's a 1% or so chance that Nader's candidacy will swing the 
election to the Republicans. Why isn't this something to worry about?

Brad DeLong