President Obama’s smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year.
The group said the goal is to offer up a handful of candidates from various fields and areas where the president either has failed to stake out a “progressive” position or where he has “drifted toward the corporatist right.”
“Without debates by challengers inside the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries, the liberal/majoritarian agenda will be muted and ignored,” Mr. Nader said in a news release. “The one-man Democratic primaries will be dull, repetitive, and draining of both voter enthusiasm and real bright lines between the two parties that excite voters.”
In search of candidates, Mr. Nader and the others sent out a letter, endorsed by 45 “distinguished leaders,”to elected officials, civic leaders, academics and members of the progressive community who specialize among other things in labor, poverty, military and foreign policy. The list, they said, also includes progressive Democrats who have held national and state office and have fought for progressive reforms.
“We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people” said Cornel West, author and professor at Princeton University who has been highly critical of Mr. Obama’s tenure since helping him get elected in 2008. “His administration has tilted too much toward Wall Street, we need policies that empower Main Street.”
Mr. Nader and Mr. West are joined by Christ Townsend, of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, and Brent Blackwelder, president emeritus of Friends of the Earth.
(Source: Washington Times)
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Remember what Nader (an Arab Christrian anti-Semite) did to Al Gore?
If they find someone serious, it might be similar to 1968 where the left-wing Deomcrats (Eugene McCarthy) challenged Lyndon Johnson, which convinced him not to run, whereupon Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy contested the nomination, and by the end of the process the Democrats were so weakened that Richard Nixon (whom they hated) won.
Or it could be like 1980, when Ted Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter for the nomination, weakened the Democrats so much that Ronald Reagan (whom they hated) won.
Or it could be like 2000 when Ralph Nader ran as a “Green” and took enough votes from Gore-Lieberman to deliver the election Bush-Cheney (whom they hated).
CONCLUSIONS” 1) L for liberal is similar to L for lemming;
2) when allied with a gun toting liberal, watch your toes;
3) some one liberals hate will get the nomination (Rick Perry, Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palen or Herman Cain)
I think that this is an excellent idea! I think YonasonW should be Obama’s opponent in the primary!
I vote for CharlieHall to challenge Oybama!!
Poor Charlie Hall, Obama is messiah is falling apart. By the way where is charlie long time havnt heard from him, his liberal twisted thoughts.
Nader, go for it!! You and Obama will both loose and the GOP will win with a landslide. So much for the “Liberal/Majoritarian agenda…
5. charlie may be doing here what blogged about on his site. that is to make up alt names with which to use and “attempt” to get more drones.
Charlie, we hope you are well!