This comment to Eric Alterman's "Altercation" blog expresses pretty well my main problem with Ralph Nader's presidential candidacies--since he puts no effort into getting other third party candidates elected to lower offices, since he puts no effort into building a viable third party, since he does nothing but show up every four years and ask for media attention--since, in other words, he hasn't done anything resembling the kind of genuine, grass roots party building that Howard Dean did after his presidential run--I find it hard to take Ralph Nader's candidacies as much more than ego trips.
http://mediamatters.org/altercation/200811250014#8
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