There comes a time in every man's life . . . -- Nader, you have outlived your usefulness & any respect you might have once garnered.

The N.Y. Times on 10-15-04 reported that Nader is emerging as the threat Democrats feared, with a potential to tip the balance in up to nine states where Bush and Kerry are running neck and neck -- Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Wisconsin.

Polls show that he could influence the outcomes in these nine by drawing support from Kerry.

Moreover, six -- Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Wisconsin -- were among the top 20 where Nader drew his strongest support in 2000. If the vote for Bush and Kerry is as evenly divided as the polls suggest, the electoral votes in any one of those states could determine who becomes president.

You probably heard that Nader repeated this week that he had no intention of leaving the race (now he says Kerry would not make a good president anyway; back in May Nader described Kerry as "very presidential.")

The N.Y. Times says a Democratic pollster who has examined Nader voters reports:

"Voters who supported Mr. Nader in 2000 tended to split equally between men and women and who were white, liberal and college educated. . . . [V]oterr who [supported him now tend] to be white men, blue collar, fiscally conservative, populist, against open trade, angry about the high cost of health care and prescription drugs and virulently opposed to the Iraq war."