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The sheer horror — usually from Democrats, sometimes from journalists — stems of course from 2000, when Nader’s independent candidacy drew some 97,488 votes in Florida, a state that George W. Bush won by 537 votes, enough to give him the presidency over Al Gore, the Democratic nominee. Many people say that had he not been on the ballot, far more of Nader’s votes would have gone to Gore, which is probably true.

Then again, Brian Conner of Boston writes, “Every time I pick up a newspaper there’s another reason why Al Gore lost. It was his inability to win Tennessee or Arkansas. It was the gun lobby. It was Ralph Nader. It was Bill Clinton’s moral failures. The truth is, Al Gore lost in 2000 because he stunk as a candidate”