You Go To The Polls With Electoral System You Have

...not the one you wish you had. Ralph Nader supporters need to remember that, when they get on their kick of "if we only had instant run-offs, Nader wouldn't throw the election to anyone, so it's not his fault that he's vanity runs are threatening more years of GOP domination."

Guess Who's Back?

With John Edwards' withdrawal today, progressives today ran a serious risk of having to vote for a non-White male. Fortunately, Ralph Nader appears ready to step in and save us from that eventuality. Nader specifically cited the absence of two other White men formerly in the race -- Edwards and pixie-stick Dennis Kucinich -- as motivating his exploration of yet another bid.