Liberty Maven

Today on “Meet The Press” Ralph Nader announced he is running for President. This will mark the third presidential election in a row in which he has decided to run. Many Democrats accuse him of handing George W. Bush the win in 2000 over Al Gore. The conventional wisdom is that he will hurt the Democrats again in this election.

In an article about the announcement Nader is quoted as saying:

“If the Democrats can’t landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form.”

More true words have never been spoken. It is my opinion that we will be swearing in President Barack Hussein Obama next January, even with Nader’s effort. If John McCain were to somehow win, the Democratic Party might as well shoot itself in the head. Their misery would be bottomless.

Of course, I’m always thinking how these developments affect Ron Paul and his decision to not run as an independent/third party candidate. This probably has no effect, but the outcome of his congressional race will be the true determinant. If he were to lose his seat, it opens up his decision a bit more. At this point, I don’t think he’ll be running on anything other than the Republican ticket. But as he has stated many times, there is no absolute in politics.