From the New York Times:
If the election were held today, 46 percent of registered voters would vote for Mr. Kerry and 44 percent for Mr. Bush, the poll found. With Mr. Nader in the race, Mr. Bush would get 43 percent, Mr. Kerry 41 percent and Mr. Nader 5 percent, suggesting that nearly all of Mr. Nader's support comes from voters who would otherwise back the Democrat.Arianna Huffington, at Boalt yesterday, told us what she says to her Green Party and Independent friends, "You don't discuss remodelling, when your house is on fire."
The folks who tried to petition Ralph not to run have updated their flash movie to try to swing Ralph's supporters back to sanity, since Ralph himself wouldn't listen. Check out the flash. It's very well done.
The only other hope that I can see is Huffington's idea to stop focusing narrowly and solely on "the swing vote" and to instead go after the fifty million eligible voters that don't typically vote. After the 2000 debacle, it should be easier to convince them that their vote can matter. Four more years of Bush would leave this country and this world unrecognizable to someone from November 1, 2000. Something has to be done.
Posted by Brian at April 30, 2004 11:26 AM | TrackBack