Nader: Drawing Votes — From McCain - Democratic Underground

AlCzervik

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:03 PM
Original message

Nader: Drawing Votes — From McCain

September 22, 2008, 8:15 PM
Nader: Drawing Votes — From McCain
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Ralph Nader thinks he will be a factor in the presidential race again this year, but this time, he says, he is drawing votes from the Republican ticket.

He sparked the wrath of Democrats in 2000, when many said his third-party candidacy cost Al Gore the election.

He strongly disputes that notion — “There were 19 independent variables, and each one would have put Gore in the White House” he said in an interview today, citing the Supreme Court decision and Mr. Gore’s loss of his home state of Tennessee among them. And he called up The Caucus to boast that he seems to be draining votes from Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, not Senator Barack Obama, the Democrat’s presidential candidate.

His evidence? He said polls show that when his name is added to the mix, Mr. McCain’s numbers go down.

He also pointed to the fact that the Democrats are not trying to bump him off the ballot in various states, as they tried to in 2004.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/nader-drawing-votes-from-mccain/

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

tblue

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:08 PM
Response to Original message

1. Oh man, I sure hope so!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

jenmito

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:12 PM
Response to Original message

2. My theory is that those people were Dems. voting for McCain because they're racists. Nader gives

them a "better" choice-closer to their Dem. values.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Drunken Irishman

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:50 PM
Response to Reply #2

8. Yup!

Or maybe the small group of Hillary supporters who have it in for Obama, but can't stomach voting for McCain.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

jenmito

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 09:15 PM
Response to Reply #8

9. Some of them may belong to BOTH categories...

Either way, it DOES explain why MCCAIN loses votes to Nader rather than Obama losing votes to him.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Alhena

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:15 PM
Response to Original message

3. He'd drop out of the race if he really believed that

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Fluffdaddy

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:15 PM
Response to Original message

4. No way in hell.............Don't believe it .........Nader's a fool

Edited on Mon Sep-22-08 08:16 PM by Fluffdaddy

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

MadMaddie

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:46 PM
Response to Reply #4

5. He's a narcissistic fool..he is not running for America

he is running for himself trying to regain the glory days he had in the 70's.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

curious one

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:49 PM
Response to Original message

6. Dems have seen that movie before and did not like it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

NEDem

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-22-08 08:49 PM
Response to Original message

7. Fuck Nader

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Fri Apr 26th 2024, 08:29 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.