We need for Senator Franken, in the spirit of Paul Wellstone, to show a wrestler’s tenacity.  To be the progressive who moves the agenda to the left while fighting an uncompromising rearguard action against the neocon-artists of the evermore fascistic right.  (I’m using the term while thinking of its accurate historical meaning.)

To his great credit, Senator Franken has demonstrated that strength of will in the past. He is the real deal for the new New Deal. Just do it, Minnesotans. Elect this paragon.

Yes steveL, it is always to best to be the flight attendant rather than the pilot. Passing out drinks is better than having control of the plane when it is in trouble and might crash. I know that I would rather be the person pulling the load than the person with the whip flogging me.

The People who run for President know that the majority of the fools out there are going to vote for the lesser of two evils. But every time Ralph Nader has run his numbers go up. If these candidates were allowed to debate I promise you neither Obama nor McCain would even be a viable option. Look at the substance in their campaigns. It is nothing more than a clown shown by really bad clowns but at least I do get some real good laughs, nothing more. These third party candidates are building the grass root political reform movements that are this country’s only hope for salvation from the religious/corporate supported neocons who want to transform the world into their image using our money and our lives.

No, becoming one amongst some 300 corrupt politicians makes no sense. Look how much Kucinich and Saunders have really accomplished. People like you make these irrational mythological staements without looking at the real time experiences and records.

I will vote for Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez because they represent everything I want in a President and Vice President. Imagine what would happen if they were to be elected. That would mean that the People were so fed up with not doing the People’s business as usual that they actually demanded real change for the better, something better than some half-assed promise of some vague change, then these representatives would take note and cooperate or they would get booted out along with all the other teat suckers! A year from now when we are bogged down with massive armies in both Iraq and Afghanistan and people are still loosing their homes, jobs are being lost and unemployment reaches double digits the People who voted for Obama will be moaning qand crying about how they got fooled again and they will then say they wished they had voted for the other guy even though it would had the same outcome. I, and the other people who will vote for third party candidates will have no regrets and sleep with a clear conscience.