i know there's an eagerness to prevent another nader, but frankly i'm not even sure nader is what people think he is
maybe years from now we will consider him unfairly scapegoated. i did not get the sense, in 2000, as well as 2004, that people were so informed and engaged in the election cycle. maybe a nader could make it now. in retrospect gore seems like a mediocre candidate.
as a teenager i considered myself "republican lite" and it was because, frankly, the more moderate wing of the democratic party doesn't inspire a whole lot of confidence. obama impressed me tho, and continues to do so.

enough rambling: manny's posts were at times divisive but i think more enjoyable for it. his absence is DU's loss.