Ralph Nader announced Sunday that he was going to enter the presidential race for the fourth consecutive time. Shortly after announcing his candidacy, he was attacked by both democratic candidates, saying that he is going to hurt their chances of defeating Senator McCain. According to a CNN article, Nader claims that, "we have to give the system more competition, more voices, more choices, more freedom, more diversity," as his reasoning for running.
It will be interesting to see how his decision to run again will affect the election in anyway. Personally I feel that Ralph Nader can not be taken seriously as a candidate, but if he is able to collect some votes, I think that democratic party may suffer.
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I agree, I don't think people will take him seriously. He can't do as much damage as he did in 2000. If he hurts any candidate, it will be the Democratic pick. He's reminding me of LaRouche who ran nearly every cycle for the Democratic nomination. They're just taking up space. Nader won't make it that much more competitive.
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