Imagine the following scenario: In the coming months Ralph Nader calls a press conference, at a scenic park in his home town of Winsted, Connecticut, to announce his candidacy. Thousands of media outlets from all over the world arrive, eager for Nader to announce that he's once again throwing a wrench into the American political machine. As he stands in front of a podium emblazoned with a yellow sunflower and www.gp.org on its front, Nader begins his speech: "After much personal deliberation, and growing grassroots support for my campaign, I have decided to announce my candidacy..." at this point he pauses for the cameras to bath him in a sea of flashing light bulbs...
"for a Seat in the 2006 US Senate representing my home state of Connecticut." The initial shock is carried world wide, but quickly following it the news commentators will soon chime in, on hundreds of thousands of TV stations all across the country: "Today former Green Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader announced his candidacy for the US Senate, which pits him against Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, presently embroiled in a Presidential race."
This may sound crazy, but wouldn't you rather have Nader run for the Senate then have him involved in a Presidential race? The worst case scenario is that Lieberman is forced to drop out of the Presidential race, and we get the chance of having a third party in the Senate for the first time in over 100 years. Check out:
http://www.draftnader2006.com