The tide is moving against progressives, against democracy, and toward corporate rule. A Clinton versus a Dole might shave off some of the harsher edges, but the fundamental direction is the same. Any defense Clinton might offer for the remnants of the New Deal and Great Society still leaves our damaged democracy wide open to corporate attack. The only presidential vote that offers any hope of a defense against the consolidation of global corporate oligarchy, the only vote that counts this year, is one for Ralph Nader. And every four years, both the Bad and the Worse get worse because there is no counterpull to the corporate right-wing pull.
Progressives have only one option, to set up a new magnetic pole in U.S. politics.
The Nader campaign is the best prospect on the horizon for accomplishing that task. Nader will be on the ballot in over 20 states by Nov. 5. Write-in efforts are underway in all the others except five. In some states, Nader is on the ballot as an independent, in others as the Green Party candidate. In Oregon, Nader is running on the ticket of the Pacific Party, Oregon's Green Party affiliate.