"If any of us were that smart, the answer would be implemented."
Well, Ron, you will note in Hartmann's article that the conservatives were that smart and they made it work.
I am not telling people not to vote for the candidate of their choice. I'm just suggesting that they think about the matter a bit more carefully and ask themselves if they really want to throw their votes away on a candidate who obviously doesn't stand a chance. Empty gestures can cost a good candidate—a passable candidate—a merely acceptable candidate—the election and put in someone like Bush. I wasn't particularly fond of either Gore or Kerry—I started out with other another candidate in mind—but I'd much prefer one of those two to what we got.
If you're bleeding, and a Band-Aid is all you've got. . . .
But I don't think it's just a Band-Aid. The conservatives made it work for them, and look where they are now.