Ralph Nader wins 5%

[SHRED]

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Forgive me if this is "old" news.
I agree with Ralph on a lot of levels but in order to resist what is happening now I do not think that siphoning away votes from the Democratic Party is wise at all.

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Released: March 15, 2008

Zogby Poll: McCain Bests Both Obama, Clinton in 3-Way General Election Tests

Independent candidate Ralph Nader wins 5%, taking more support from Democrats

UTICA, New York – Riding high after locking up his party’s presidential nomination, Republican John McCain of Arizona has moved ahead of both of his potential Democratic Party rivals in a national general election test, the latest Zogby telephone survey shows.

Perhaps profiting from the continuing political battle across the aisle, McCain would defeat Hillary Clinton of New York by six points and Barack Obama of Illinois by 5 points, the survey shows. Clinton and Obama are locked in a tight battle to win the Democratic Party nomination, a fight that has grown nasty at times recently and threatens to continue on all summer long until the party’s national convention in Denver this August.

The telephone survey of 1,001 likely voters nationwide was conducted by live operators calling from Zogby’s call center in Upstate New York on March 13-14, 2008. It carries a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points.

http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1467

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080316_mccain_nader_score_upsets_in_zogby_poll/

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[jackson_dem]

1. We need Alan Keyes to run to drain votes from McCain

The rumor is he will run on the Constitution party line.

[Hugabear]

2. That could be interesting

That would put quite a few of them holier-than-thou rethug wackos in a real quandary - do they vote for the "liberal" McCain, or do they vote for (aghast) a black guy who is more conservative?