Seen at Politico:
I just now spoke to Ralph Nader, who said the launch of his exploratory Web site wasn’t timed to Edwards’ withdrawal, but that Kucinich’s withdrawal had made space in the race for him.
“We’re testing the waters on the overriding issue of corporate control, of our political economy, and anything else the dogma of commercialism wants to latch on to,” he said.
He also said he’d make third-party ballot access a major issue, after what he sees as a “national conspiracy” by the Democratic Party to deny him a place on the ballot in 2004, subject of a recent lawsuit.
Well, if he enters the race, perhaps Nader could offset some of the benefit Dems would receive should Ron Paul or Bloomberg run and dilute moderate/centrist/libertarian support for the GOP candidate.