Reply #49: I've wondered the same thing.

[mzmolly]

I've been going over The Assault on Reason. Fine as that book is, every page divulges at least one sentence or stance which will cause the progressive purists to go into hate-gasm. The purists may cry for Gore now (even though many of them voted for Nader then), but they want the idealized Al Gore of their imaginations, not the actual man.

Yes, the ideal "purist candidate" is one without a record in office, who can continually pander to disgruntled leftists without ever having to explain a vote.