Salon has been paying attention to the Nader discussions going on here at Kos, and has quoted some of our friends.
I hope I don't get in trouble, as it takes a day pass to read the article, but I'm going to post the first two grafs anyway.
Enjoy...
On left-leaning political weblogs, the buzz about Ralph Nader's expected announcement to run as an independent candidate was pretty much what you'd expect -- schizophrenic, with a tilt toward dismay over whether Nader would once again siphon votes from a Democratic candidate. On Daily Kos, a blogger named Copernicus posted a provocative assessment that Nader's reemergence was an inevitable result of "corporate rich" John Kerry appearing as the Democratic front-runner. "Now comes the comeuppance to a Democratic party machine and elite or establishment media that would not ultimately not tolerate (sic) an outsider candidate, and which together sunk the Dean candidacy. John Kerry -- your war is now on two flanks. Congratulations, you've been Gored. Substract a couple percent from your eventual turnout at the polls. You've lost the independent thinkers and the portion of the liberal street that is not corporate rich but instead wants major change."
That position, apparently not anti-Nader enough for some Kos visitors, was promptly gored in the "Nader is in!" forum. "Does anyone actually believe that that nutjob is worth throwing the game back to Bush??" asked Michael in a message titled "Oy. Flipping. Vey." Greg asked: "What are you so happy about? Four more years of George W. Bush? You were right, everyone else was wrong? I'll bet that the millions who have suffered real pain from the Bush presidency are delighted that your precious principles are being affirmed by the 'protest' candidacy of Ralph Nader."
They also checked out Dean's blog and have reaction from some of their posters as well.