Who is to say the IF Nader had not run, Gore wouldn't have performed even worse in the campaign? There was no major third party candidate in the 1988 election and Dukakis lost all by himself. There is every bit as much reason to believe that Nader was a burr in Gore's saddle that made him run harder as there is to believe that Nader took away the EXTRA margin of victory that Gore needed to insure against massive vote irregularities and the Supreme Court. Tom Walker (604) 947-2213
