In article qd5Bc.119983$3x.87399@attbi_s54, "John Anderson"
writes:

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Interesting thing about that name "John Anderson" - reminded me of the 3rd
party candidate who helped defeat Carter in 1980.

One of the biggest reasons we got 8 years of Bill Clinton is that Ross Perot
divided the anti-Clinton voters. And he did the the same trick twice!

Then in 2000, the shoe was on the other foot. Ralph Nader, the latter-day
Harold Stassen, divided the anti-Bush voters enough so that Algore didn't win.
(Exit polls of Nader voters showed that if Nader had dropped out of the race,
about half of his support would have gone to Gore, a quarter to Bush and the
rest would have either stayed home or voted for other 3rd party candidates.)
The difference was enough that close states like Florida would have not been
close at all. Gore would have won decisively.

So we have the amazing irony that the author of "Unsafe At Any Speed" and
lifelong critic of Big Business was the key factor in putting a Texas oilman in
the White House.

And he may do the same trick again.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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