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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: michael97123 who wrote (10888)	2/25/2008 9:19:05 AM
From: Nicholas Thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

nader will get less than .1% of the vote this time.

To: michael97123 who wrote (10888)	2/25/2008 5:49:55 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 149317

Yes, I saw that! Very interesting. I'm still absorbing Nader's entry into the race. I know that he took votes from Al Gore last time, but I wonder if it will work that way this time? My guess is that a libertarian like Nader will take more votes from McCain, because I'd say Obama supporters are almost fanatically loyal. So no poaching there. Then for Repulicans who are disenchanted with the current party leaders, McCain is a bad choice, but if they don't like Obama either, then all of the sudden instead of voting for McCain, now they can vote for Nader. So this may actually work to the Republican's disadvantage this time around. And here's another truth. I'm actually happy he joined. The issues he brings up are EXCELLENT issues and he'll force the other candidates to talk about those issues, at least in defense of themselves: * an out of control military-industrial complex * corporate reform * fiscal responsibility Hell, yes. If Clinton gets the nomination, then I'll vote for Nader in good conscience. He just gave me a great fallback choice, if I can't get Obama.