The Democrats have been mad at Nader for nearly four years. They are sure that he cost them the election. Nader responds that his vote came from people who were upset with the choices given them and who would not have voted had he not been on the ballot. Regardless, that is how democracy works.

It is hard to believe but some really influential Democrats like Michael Moore wanted Gore to lose in order to force the Democrats to nominate a more liberal candidate. That's why Moore campaigned for Nader in 2000.

So, what's Kerry's Nader strategy? Keep him off the ballot. A hord of lawyers sprung up to challenge Nader in every state. They want to make sure that voters only have two options.

Is there any fallout from this? You bet. Nader doesn't like Bush one bit but now he is furious at Kerry. According to Newsweek, Nader had planned on campaigning in Bush's home state in order to make the President look bad.

Now that Kerry's people kept him off of the Texas ballot, Nader is going to campaign in swing states where he is most likely to hurt Kerry.

Allawi says that the Iraq war was justified and that things are getting better. Kerry implies that Allawi is Bush's puppet and is lying about the situation in Iraq.

Kerry was also sending a clear message to the resistance in Iraq. If Kerry wins in November he will not protect Allawi. If Kerry wins, Allawi is dead.

Nice candidate we've got there.