Kerry still has to court his leftist base, so they wo't run to Nader.
"Kerry still has to court his leftist base, so they wo't run to Nader."
Kerry was losing his leftist base states, the polling was showing. Maine, NJ, NY especially, shouldn't have been moving to toss-up at all. His anti-war tone will help keep these states but he'll lose the moderates and swing voters by his nastiness e.g the so-called 'security Moms'.