Re: No Bounce for Kerry

[Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I worked for Kucinich in the Iowa caucuses. Lots of folks that supported
Kerry were way more progressive than Kerry. In particular, they were
against the war. What moved them was the "electability" issue. They wanted
to back a winner.

I don't claim that this completely answers your question (nor that there is
necessarily a great untapped reservoir of leftish populism), but it's an
important piece of the puzzle that should not be discounted.

At 03:52 PM 8/3/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> If there's a great untapped reservoir of leftish populism in the
> American masses, why did Kucinich do so badly in the primaries, and
> why is Nader now down around 2%?
>
> Doug

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