>>The person whom I've called "incompetent" most often during the
>>past week has been Al Gore. I presume you have no objection to me
>>calling him "incompetent"? That it all depends on to whom the names
>>are applied?
>>
>>As for Nader... You somehow think that the left in America is
>>stronger today because Nader won 3% of the vote. You are wrong.
>>
>>Nader's 3% isn't the "cold shower" to make the core Democratic
>>politicians rethink their allegiance to the DLC. Instead, it is a
>>weak showing that confirms it. Look: 3% of the electorate is--by
>>the standards of past third-party efforts, whether Perot or Wallace
>>or even John Anderson--extremely unimpressive.
>
>
>actually, i've been meaning to ask about this 3%.
>
>when was the 5% rule enacted?
>
>I haven't look terribly hard, but how much bigger than normal was
>turnout? if it was substantially bigger, then the 3% isn't bad and
>may actually have been pretty respectable were this a "normal" 50%
>turnout of the eligible to vote population.
Good point...
