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| Sorry, Kerry: Nader Hints He’ll Run |
| 2004-02-20 |
| Will Ralph Nader do to John Kerry what he did to Al Gore and Ross Perot did to G.H.W. Bush? It’s looking increasingly likely a spoiler will upset this year’s presidential election. Yaah! "Nader will announce Sunday whether he will make another run for the White House, but all signs indicate the consumer advocate plans to jump into the race as an independent," the Associated Press reported today. The AP! Well, it must be true then, no? Nader make the announcement on NBC’s "Meet the Press," said Linda Schade, a spokeswoman for his presidential exploratory committee. "He’s going to be discussing his role in the presidential election," Schade said. "He’s felt there is a role for an independent candidate to play." Siphon those Dean voters! She said Nader, who has chosen not to run again as the Green Party’s nominee, would be available for interviews after the television appearance and planned to hold a press conference Monday morning "to discuss his communications" with the Democrats and Republicans, things noncandidates normally don’t do. Pretty pllleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase! |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #13 From what I gathered on FOX tonight the Green party is split over him running and may keep some donors from donating. McAlluff said he has met with him several times asking him not to run. But then the FOX gang believes Nadar really won't be as decisive a figure as last time, if he was even then. I don't remember where I saw it yesterday (some Dem blog), but the Deaniacs are really upset about Dean dropping out and many of them will not vote for Kerry. A few of them even said they would hold their noses and vote for Bush. |
| Posted by: AF Lady 2004-2-20 8:11:12 PM |
| #12 He prob'ly couldn't decide which Green Party to lead. He ran on a Green ticket last time, but so did Jello Biafra. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-2-20 6:37:43 PM |
| #11 I think the greenies baby power structure just wants to cruise and collect the pure dime and board fees.... Just a guess. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-20 4:38:25 PM |
| #10 Hmmm...SH...I suppose you could be right. But considering that Kerry and Gore were poured from the same batch of plastic, I think Nader believes that it is his duty to offer up his services to prevent one of these walking/talking Ken dolls from representing his party. It's truly a wild card...but maybe Nader, like Perot, believes in himself enough to give it a shot. |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-20 4:01:45 PM |
| #9 The only problem with our pride is that I haven't heard of any Deaniacs who had explicit Green/Nader-as-alternate leanings ... P.S. Sorry about the double-post, this is my actual URL. Please give it a look? |
| Posted by: Lu Baihu 2004-2-20 2:13:37 PM |
| #8 If I were a member of the DNC, I would be begging Nader to run a full campaign and drop out and endorse Kerry on the eve of the election. His antics will invigorate the kooks and keep them in a lather long enough to get them to the polls. Bush will be forced to address the enviroment in a campaign where the American people mistrust his agenda. With Nader in the race, Kerry can no longer be defined as far left with respect to Bush. Nader then appears as the candidate of the far left in opposition to Bush's far right with Kerry looking like a centrist. Remember that Gore was able to run as a Centrist with Nader in the race. Luckily, Buchanen was the "far-right" candidate. I think Nader's quasi-candidacy makes Kerry a stronger candidate. In this case, as in many others, I am a contrarian. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-20 1:37:00 PM |
| #7 Time will tell, but I suspect that Mr. Nader won't get anywhere near as many votes as he did last time. The only Nader voters I know (and that's an admittedly non-scientific poll) have been adamant about not making the mistake of voting for him again. So as much as we might hope, I don't think Mr. Nader will have the same effect on the next election as in the last election. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2004-2-20 1:21:20 PM |
| #6 The best part is how splintered/anti-Dem the Dean-Green vote is -- according to a poll, only 35% would be satisfied with Kerry, there are PLENTY of Dean-holdouts (some even believing that they, at the convention, could use the delegates to secure Dean's nomination), and I've even heard of a Deaniac who'd vote Bush over Kerry ... |
| Posted by: Lu Baihu 2004-2-20 1:19:04 PM |
| #5 In their own fashion, Cox & Forkum 'reported' this on Wednesday. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-20 1:14:18 PM |
| #4 A Spoiler's a Spoiler! Especially when the Spolier is going to split up the Dem vote!... Bring it on, Ralph!!!! |
| Posted by: Jack Deth 2004-2-20 12:51:46 PM |
| #3 I don't understand why he won't run as a green... what's the deal there? The Greens aren't radical enough? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-20 12:40:05 PM |
| #2 Shipman: Either way it's a good thing! |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-2-20 12:37:30 PM |
| #1 I don't understand why he won't run as a green... what's the deal there? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-20 12:34:48 PM |