Exit polls showed that of the Nader voters who were open to other candidates, two-thirds viewed Vice President Al Gore as their next choice.

Particularly after the Nader voter who brandished a gun in my direction.

I seem to remember it was a Nader voter (as was, I guess) pointing the gun and the humour lies in that fact.

"Bill Daley is well aware that it's extremely important to deal with Nader voters," Mr. Wellstone said, referring to Mr. Gore's campaign chairman.

For that reason, the Democrats are trying to shift the burden of wooing Nader voters to a stable of well-known liberal politicians and advocates.

Mr. Fitzgerald sounds a little like a disaffected Nader voter or tuned-out suburbanite when he discusses the presidential race he barely follows.

But as one of the Nader voters, I disagree with his assessment of us as the "big losers" in the possible defeat of Al Gore.

The Democrats should stop blaming Nader voters and start crafting policies that will earn our support.

Along with this, she led CANader, the successful grassroots campaign that targeted previous Nader voters and encouraged them to vote for the Democratic nominee rather than Nader.