Greens Hope For Nader

There are a couple interesting things in this Washington Times article by Steve Miller. First, due to a generally recognized weak list of probable Democratic presidential candidates for the 2004 election, the Green Party is anxious to have Ralph Nader run again and maybe top 3% of the vote he received in 2000. They have formed the "Draft Nader 2004 Committee" in hopes of persuading him to run again. So far, Mr. Nader, who is not an official member of the Green Party, has not decided.

Green Party spokesman Scott McLarty stated that:

"The field of Democratic presidential candidates is not strong enough at this point to deter a Green Party candidate on the 2004 ticket . . . ."

They may not be 'strong enough' but apparently they're 'good' because he also said:

"There are some good Democrats in the running . . . [and] . . . Dennis Kucinich is at the top of that list. And Carol Moseley Braun, Howard Dean and Al Sharpton . . . ."

Yeah, you heard it right. The Greens think Dennis Kucinich is at the top of the list of Democratic presidential hopefuls.

One last thing is that the Greens conducted a national poll of party members and closely following Ralph Nader as favorite for the presidential race was former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia.