I have long supported Edwards for VP, so imagine my shock to hear that Nader--who like many of us, I've grown to dislike--has just publicly backed him, urging Kerry to pick Edwards because he's committed to fighting the "corporate supremacists."
Here's the link:
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cg
i?a0558_BC_Nader-Kerry&&news&election2004
I'm shocked, really. I would have figured that Dean, not Edwards, would be Nader's first choice. Edwards voted for the war resolution, and Nader praised Dean in the primary and made overtures towards him. In fact I thought an argument for picking Dean (who I know is not really in the running) would be that Nader would drop out or lose much of his support. It will be interesting to see what Nader does if Edwards is picked, now. It may dampen some of his "there's little difference between Bush and Kerry" rhetoric.
Overall, I think Nader's announcement hurts Edwards. It's like having the Republicans pick you as their favorite Kerry VP pick. No one wants to make Nader happy! What does everyone else think?