This election cycle, Ralphie could turn out to be what Lenin once affectionately and tastefully termed a useful idiot in Russian, poleznyi duraki someone who serves the interests of your party and its objectives without meaning to. Assuming Ralphie actually gets out and campaigns a little and especially if he can hoodwink the League of Women Voters into staging a debate with him and Buchanan, he can have a very worthwhile impact on November s election outcome. In fact, if George W thinks about it, he should push for debates with both Nader and Buchanan as well as Gore. As things now stand though, I m just a little concerned about Nader s current campaign strategy to target non-voters. It won t work.
People don t vote because they are against the duopoly.
In my experience, people don t vote because they are lazy, uninterested and don t really care about the political system or who runs it. In fact, if Nader breaks 10 percent on Election Day, they will elect George W. Now, I personally think George W should win it on the merits. For me, the choice is quite clear and there is a real choice in this election despite all Nader s talk of a duopoly. Bush wants to cut the present tax rates. Gore does not.