James Green-Armytage wrote: > > [...] Here's what I think that people in > his position should do. They should establish and hold onto a base of > supporters, i.e. progressives. Then, they should bargain with the > Democratic candidate, dangle a carrot and brandish a stick. Lay out a > series of reasonable concessions for the Democrat to make in exchange for > support. That is, if the Democrat makes the concessions, the > Naderoid/Green will endorse the Democrat. If the Democrat refuses, the > Naderoid/Green will make the refusal as public as possible, and call for > the progressives who find those concession issues to be vitally important > to vote not for the Democrat, but for the Naderoid/Green, in protest. [...]
How do you know that this isn't what happened? Except that perhaps Nader and Gore couldn't agree on what constituted a 'reasonable concession', or maybe that the Democrats didn't take Nader seriously enough. If the latter, I doubt that they will repeat the mistake. :-) ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
