>> 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.
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> ???
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> 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?
Because the Democrats _themselves_ could botch at _least_ that many points with poor choices, lousy campaigning, and any number of bad decisions. It happened with Gore, after all-- who couldn't even mount much of a fight to get a decent vote count in Florida.
I can understand most reasons to not vote for Nader. But I cannot see any rational reason to hold him responsible for the loss of the 2000 election. Might just as as well blame those Jews who voted for Buchanan.