Re: on the American election - a query and a comment

["Macdonald Stainsby" <mstainsby@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>    It seems to me the most significant impact on the election results were
> Nader's votes. What we have as a result is a virtual 50-50 deadlock. The
> impact of this is that a new policy agenda can become influential. For
> example, if the Greens can elect just a few House members in the next
> election, they become a partner in something that has never happened in US
> national politics-a coalition government.

And the moment they do that, they cancel out their claim to *any* spot on the 
left.
One cannot help prop up either party in the US under the assumption that they 
have
gained "concessions" and consider that a worthwhile excersize. It would push so 
many of
the new generation of activists back into the hallways of D.C.

This is the danger of supporting the Nader campaign, it appears.

Macdonald