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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Clinton and Obama fought mightily for them. Given his stance on NAFTA and other Third Way delights, we can reasonably assume that he would have too.
Campaign financing is a catastrophe.
But that's not really my point, which is that Nader was only a small problem, if he was a problem at all. I don't know much about him, but he did claim to run in order to call attention to the treachery of triangulation and the Third Way, which is reasonable. The Third Way crowd has been an utter catastrophe, pushing Republicans and our nation further and further to the right for 20 years. And here we are. It would have been nice if it had been stopped in 2000. It would be nice to stop it now.
I think we should stop blaming Nader and start focusing on ridding ourselves of the Third Way plague. When Democrats start to fight for working Americans again, they'll win elections like cray no matter who runs.