So what would happen to the Progressive psyche if...

[Orrex]

If Nobel laureate Gore decides to run for President in 08 and is beaten fair-and-square by the Republican candidate?

Not saying that either scenario is particularly likely, but what would be the likely result, in terms of the trauma-induced madness resulting from such an outcome?

[KG]

1. a way would be found to blame it on ralph nader.

[KG]

2. a way would be found to blame it on ralph nader.

[Orrex]

3. Good call!

I imagine that there'd also be some tut-tutting about how we should have nominated Kucinich.

I'm no fan of Nader-the-Candidate, but it's foolish to attribute the entirety of Gore's 2000 loss to him. I mean, we can pick any of a hundred different causes, of which Nader's Florida vote-count is only the last in the sequence.

But I guess that it's easy and appealing to assign the blame in a lump.

:shrug: