Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ergonomics, etc.

[Doug Henwood]

Mark Laffey wrote:

>What evidence is there that Nader voters were in fact potential Gore voters?
>That is, is there any data to show that had Nader not been an option, the
>people who voted for him would have voted for Gore?  Surely that is the
>correct question to ask.  Nader voters may simply have stayed at home rather
>than voting for Gore.

This is a logical and empirical argument, to which bruised Dems are 
immune. They have an emotional need to blame Nader for the fact that 
their guy ran a dismal campaign, and blew what should have been a 
landslide.

Doug