I like Nader.  I respect his right to run.  I do NOT blame him for 2000.

But he has run twice before with minimal success.  I can't imagine this time will be any different.

Great idea: "Maybe Obama could make Nader the head of consumer advocacy when he is president."

is screwing up Ed Fallon's chances to beat Leonard Boswell in the primary for IA-03. Boswell's people were already using Fallon's support for Nader in 2000 against him weeks ago.

Every day that Nader is in the news, it's a bigger problem for Fallon.

Nader is nothing more than a nasty piece of filth.  Let him run though, if he wants; nobody cares.

Is your website really called Delusional Democracy?  Seems quite appropriate.

Ralph Nader is a joke at this point, and I say that as someone who considered him a hero growing up.  When he said there was no difference between Gore and Bush in 2000 I thought he was wrong but I at least saw where he was coming from.  To make the same argument eight  years later, when we've all seen just how wrong that pronouncement was, is simply unforgiveable.  Especially when both of the two remaining D contenders are running on the most progressive platform in recent memory.  

From Iraq and Iran to the Supreme Court (John Paul Stevens is now in his late 80s and Justice Ginsburg's health is always a concern), this election will have a huge and longlasting impact.  That Nader apparently doesn't think any of that matters, or at least is less important than his own vanity, is horrific.  Anyone that supports him at this point needs to explain why it doesn't matter whether the next POTUS is committed to exiting Iraq, avoiding an attack on Iran, passing universal health care, and appointing qualified and progressive Judges to the federal bench.  That's an explanation that I would LOVE to see.  

100,000 votes in FL in 2000, and he is not to blame for a Trilion dollar war, 3000 americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed.

There is NO difference between Dems and GOP.
Yeah righ, so I am voting for McCain.

Actually, in my opinion, the ONLY reason Nader is running is ego. It's the only thing he does. There was a time when he did some really useful work, but now, as far as I can tell, he does nothing at all in between elections. He was always an arrogant a--hole - I was told that by more than one person who worked for him back in his glory days as a consumer advocate, before he became the Harold Stassen of the Left - but at least he was an arrogant a--hole with a purpose beyond himself. You can't say that anymore. There is absolutely no reason for him to run except to make mischief and feed his over-inflated sense of self-importance. Go to hell, Ralph.

Nader has every right to run.

He's welcome to run.

I just hope we on Democratic Party supporting blogs aren't forced to hear from ALL 10-15K people that will be be voting for him this fall.

Ralph Nader is jhis own worst enemy.

Fuck him.

I'm an Obama supporter but I'd drag myself over broken glass even with two broken legs to vote for Hillary Clinton, even if she steals the thing at the convetion by locking the Obama delegation and the entire DNC leadership in a bathroom to do it!!!

And seriously - I do hate piling on Nader.  I truly bear no ill will towards the man...

But this cartoon on Nader's running mate search is pretty good.  If the link doesn't drop you in the right place, it's #15 in the slide show.

Monkeys will fly out of Sen. Obama's Butt before that happens. Get a Grip Slick!

on what he's done in between his last run.

which is nothing.

not put his name on the ballot in swing states

I have never voted for Nader(it's sad that we need to put up a disclaimer to make it clear that we can support someone's right to run even if we are not a voter for that person).

Yes, Nader is stubborn. Sometimes he is not even reasonable. And he is not perfect. So what? He still says things that must be heard even if I do not agree with some of them. Overall, his message is in essence, true. Of course the Democrats are better than the Republicans. But overall, how much of a difference? And why did the  Bush presidency become the worst Presidency in history?
Here's why and none of these issues except for the first one have anything to do with Bush

1. Bush is indeed the worst President(but did the Presidency have to be this bad because Presidents come and go, and it is up to the other party to minimize the damage).
   
2. The DEmocrats failed to capture a majority in the senate and house until 2006. And even then, they had to sell out and coopt Lieberman to make that majority. What has happened since then? The Democrats were unable to offer a strong unified front against Bush to offer strong resistance to his desgtructive policies. Not enough oversight on some blatant violation of ethics and honesty in the Bush government. Is Nader responsible for this?
   
3. Iraq war. Yes, the Democrats on average were clearly more prone to opposing the war. But overall, there were enough divisive cowardly forces within the party to make any opposition almost isolated. This was the biggest blunder of the Bush administration and the DEmocrats failed spectacularly in opposing the war. And even now, they are still one step behind. Nader never supported the war, while DEmocrats did. So why not show more anger to the people who fell in line for the biggest blunder of the last 30 years?
   
4. Lousiana lost the Governership to the Republicans despite Bush's stupendous bungling of Katrina. But what Katrina also showed is the minority population was badly served for decades by  both parties in that state. The Democratic Party should be ashamed they lost that state after the Jena incident and the Katrina disaster instead of burying the REpublicans.
   
5. Our schools. Can we say our schools are really that much better in Democratic Party strongholds across the country? I live in Atlanta and I do not see the public schools in the democratic party controlled areas to be better governed than the public schools in the right wing nutso areas other than the evolution topic(which is one reason I will never ever live in Cobb County, GA if those republican morons continue to peddle their anti evolution crap).
   
6. Pork projects: Both parties are guilty of this, though the republicans are taking it to new levels with the Bush friendly contractors at the government level. Still DEmocrats need to strive to present a clearer picture to the public.
   
7. How the hell do you not find enough stuff to impeach Bush and his cronies after all these years? Is Nader resaponsible for the cowardice of house democrats? Except for Feingold and a few others, people in the party are still hesitant to attack when needed.

Ralph Nader is like leap year. Comes around every 4 years and you won't see him again for another 4 years. This election is too important to waste any votes on Ralph Nader. Ego Maniac!