Word: problem
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...Ralph Nader is not the problem. The idea that the Democrats lost the election because of Nader ignores the fact that Democrats could not keep a significant amount of voters in their party from bolting to him. With the rise of the "New Democrats" and the centrist policies of President Clinton and Gore, the Democrats have slowly but surely alienated the liberal base of the party...
...issues, especially social policy (abortion, gay rights and affirmative action). Instead, these voters fear that the entire democratic process in the United States is a sham, that the vast amounts of money that corporations are pouring into political campaigns are corrupting democracy, and that both parties simply ignore the problem...
However, Lee said that the time frame could pose a problem...
...troubles to worry about. A bad profit warning from Dow component and tech bellwether Hewlett Packard helped sellers in both indexes make up their minds Monday, but it's generally agreed that the dawning of another week of election madness is starting to be a big part of the problem across the board...
...Harris's problem, and Bush's, is that Florida law allows for requested recounts, and a judge with little appreciation for good-of-the-nation atmospherics could easily conclude that it's common sense for the certification deadline to come and go before those recounts are done. (Volusia County, oddly, expects to have its recount completed in time, but an eager Palm Beach, Dade and others are waiting in the wings.) And then it's our problem too - a hand recount in Palm Beach or Dade could take weeks, and easily run up against that December 18 electoral college coven...