3. March 2008 by admin.

It’s interesting how the MSM is covering the Ohio & Texas primaries as “must win” states for Hillary.  The logic goes that she will be unable to continue if she loses.  To me this makes Tuesday a ‘must win’ for Obama so he can secure the nomination and begin fighting the national election.

Why the disconnect?  Is it the difference between thinking defensively vs. offensively?  The American support for the underdog?  Or the hope that the Democratic nomination will remain a two dog race all the way to the convention?

Don’t know.  If wiser minds than mind can figure it out, I’d be interested in hearing your theories.

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3. March 2008 by admin.

Ralph Nader announced recently he was going to run for president.   Again.  And I thought I was vain for setting up a website.

Mr. Nader has to know he has no chance of winning. Unless he is able to get on an existing national ticket (he can’t go Green, they already have a candidate) and/or get massive financial backing (i.e. Soros or Bloomberg) all he can do is distract voters from one of the national candidates who has a shot. And we all know, gentle readers, that Nader is not going to draw a lot of voters away from McCain.

Mr. Nader said he doesn’t like being called a spoiler (NPR) but he refuses to run for Congress because it wouldn’t give him the ability to help enough people (NPR). He says he wants a national platform.

So the Democrats should give him one.

Offer him the Vice-Presidency. The days of this office being a powerless waiting room are over, as VPs Gore and Cheney have demonstrated. If Mr. Nader is as passionate about his causes as he says he is, he should be willing to ride on Obama’s coattails to gain a position where he could actually see some of his ideas come to fruition. If he refuses to join the ticket, then the Democrats can portray him as, at best, a Quixoteque wannabe, or at worst a Republican shill.

The Democrats shouldn’t run from Ralph Nader. Either they need to incorporate him under the tent or marginalize him so he is not a threat. But they won’t. Instead they’re going to use back room politicking and court action to make Mr. Nader a bigger threat than he really is. With the free press coverage and underdog status this will provide the Naderites they could again swing the election to the Republicans. The game here is for the Democrats to lose, and they’re swinging for the fences.

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