Come home to Nader disaffiliated Republicans?

[Onlooker]

Some Republicans are clearly moving several degrees to the left to support Kerry, so it stands to reason that some are moving several degrees to the left to a sort of limbo.

Kerry has received a number of endorsements from nationally prominent independents and Republicans in the last few weeks, including Milliken, Ventura, and Eisenhower. I get the sense that there are more letters to the editor by Republicans for the Democratic candidate than we've seen in past elections. Further, at least some of the polls show for what may be the first time, Bush doing no better among Republicans than Kerry is among Democrats.

I think many disaffiliated Republicans might vote for Nader to make a statement about the need in their own party for someone other than Bush and the neocons. Nader may end up playing a useful role to the Republican Party.

[MichiganVote]

1. Nader is more liberal than Kerry

[Onlooker]

4. I don't think it's about politics

The one thing that Nader does bring to the election are the postelection reports that show who voted for him. If a lot of Republicans voted for Nader, it will be pretty big news. It makes more sense for them to support Nader than to divide up there vote among third party candidates or not vote at all. Nader could do a good deed by pointing this out to the disenchanted Republicans.

[MichiganVote]

5. It makes no sense for any voter to choose Nader unless

they stand with whatever the hell it is he proposes besides criticism of the Democratic party. Neither Bush, the Republican party, or any of the neo-con's give a rat's ass what anyone wants but themselves. Votes for Nader will not impress them, they don't care what the American public wants because they have utter disdain for the American public.

[NNadir]

6. Nader is NOT a liberal. He is a fraud. The man has been embezzling

money and behaving like a Repuke for over thirty years.

He has broken unions, violated labor laws, skimmed college tuitions, etc, etc, forever.

Mostly though the most Repuke thing about him, besides whining endlessly the Rovian "It's all the Democrats fault! It's all the Democrats fault! It's all the Democrats fault!" is the fact that he is a doublespeaking LIAR.

[Hello_Kitty]

2. As strange as it sounds I also think Nader is getting more support

from disenchanted Republicans than from Democrats. They're doing it as a protest or if that Libertarian guy isn't on the ballot.

[blondeatlast]

3. If they are that disaffected, they won't vote at all.

Because of the Cheney's daughter and the Pat Robertson gaffe of the other day, Bush may see a decline in his most loyal base. They certainly won't vote for Kerry, they are more than likely going to stay home.

That is what we will see, I think; many traditional conservatives will simply abstain or not go to the polls. They also could vote Constitution, but they won't vote for Nader.

[Robbie67]

7. traditional conservatives would never NOT go to the polls

they MAY not vote in the presidential race, but I think that is unlikely

So then they have the choice to vote for Bush, Kerry, or Nader (they wont vote Badnarik most likely because they've never hear of him...same with the American Independent candidate)

So, if they don't like Bush, and can't stand Kerry, seeing Nader's name may give them another option. Unfortunately, with Nader off the ballot in some places, voters may see the choice as only Bush and Kerry, and vote for the "lesser of two evils" in their mind, which is Bush.