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Article: Lethal, or useful? Ralph Nader's bid.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2004
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Hypocrisy on all sides as that man surfaces again
IT IS as if Delilah had come back to run for president of Judea. For Democrats, Ralph Nader's decision to run again for the presidency, as an independent, is shocking. Many former supporters begged him not to. "It's about his vanity," huffed the Democratic governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, himself no stranger to that weakness. Most Washington pundits treated the candidacy of America's best-known consumer advocate as an offence against the two-party duopoly. "We are very disappointed," said the Democratic National Committee's spokeswoman.
In 2000, Mr Nader won 2.7% of the vote. In several states, ...