How Ralph Nader Might Help the Democrats

....This year, Nader's candidacy might be a blessing for the Democrats.
It has to do with the benefits of negative campaigning - and how it helps and hurts candidates. We have learned some things about negative campaigning. First of all, it works. It drives away support from the candidate who is the target of a negative campaign. But there is a problem for the candidate who runs the negative campaign. Since most people do not like "dirty politics," the candidate doing the attacking loses support, too....


Alternatively, he could run on those issues that have been cast aside by both parties, then drop out, endorsing the Democratic candidate as he exits. Surely Nader knows as well as anyone how critical it is to remove Bush from office. Let's give the man some credit! He's not vindictive or stupid.


But on to other things.

I woke this morning from a dream in which a confused Dubya is holding up a shrunken woolen sweater with the words Jobs, Civil Rights, Income Equality, Security and Medical Coverage emblazoned on it that he's just extracted from a tub of hot water. A circle of Dems is standing around him, shaking their heads in dismay, saying, "No, no! We said the Deficit and Terrorism, stupid.