Because somebody ought to do it and nobody else (not me and not Stephen Philion) except him can. Besides, he does have such a strategy, involving organizing permanent citizen groups in every Congressional district. Will it result in anything? Maybe not. But what will result from snide scoffing (Nader an icon, an ICON???) and nose-holding Obama support we know only too well.
Shane Mage
--yeah, icon, as in the icon of populists and many leftists, who, like other icons is supposed to be free of criticism. I'm not terribly enthralled by his small is beautiful orientation, dovetails too neatly with a certain tendency to romanticize the past that's not terribly left. And yeah, I'm not sure about anything either, no different from you or others, fair enough. But I don't care for the libertarian 'shred the fed' ideology that goes in the direction of 'big is bad' understanding of the current mess. None of that drives me to be any less critical of an Obama or the bailout's many drawbacks...
-- Stephen Philion http://stephenphilion.efoliomn2.com/