Mr. Nader, who drew headlines recently by suggesting that Obama was trying to “talk white,” quoted with seeming approval a comment from a black political scientist, Adolph Reed Jr., that Senator Obama seemed to be a “vacuous opportunist.” Mr. Nader portrayed Mr. Obama as changeable and too close to “corporate America.”
“He’s backed off on so many things,” Mr. Nader said on ABC’s “This Week.” He accused Mr. Obama of pandering to Israel, and said the senator’s promise of withdrawal from Iraq would still leave thousands of troops there.
But, asked George Stephanopoulos, the show’s host, would Mr. Obama not be a better president for someone of Mr. Nader’s pro-consumer background and liberal beliefs? “Anybody would be better than the Republicans,” he replied.