Back to Nader. There is overwhelming evidence that the nearly three million votes that Nader received in 2000 deprived Gore of victory. Nader did not express regret; he ran again in 2004 and 2008. Whether or not Nader threw the 2000 election to Bush, the fact is that there was a tremendous amount of difference between Bush and Gore and Nader was blind to it. There is no doubt that we need to clean up our electoral system in a way that includes the presence of third-party candidates, but when that happens, all parties need to be vigilant. We cannot afford any more thrown-away elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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