White House Rules Out Constitutional Option On Debt Ceiling: Report

Speaking of Pat Buchanan and the 2000 election, nobody blames him as Nader is blamed for having the temerity to run and steal votes from Gore.  Even Buchanan says that it's beyond unlikely that 20,000 Palm Beach voters intended to vote for him rather than Gore.  

No one has a right to assume ownership of voters.  One study done after the 2000 election determined that 3 out of 5 of Nader's voters were Democrats (2 out of 5 were Republican­s), but that had Nader not been running they wouldn't have bothered to vote.  Votes for Nader, whether they were Democrats or Republican­s, were against Gore and Bush.
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