Ralph Nader polling at 5%

I am pretty surprised to see Nader doing so well; clearly Obama has not pulled the wool over all "progressive" minds.

I am honestly optimistic that Nader will be allowed in at least one presidential debate (if he continues to poll at this level). I ended up voting for Kerry in the 2004 election, but I was disgusted by the way Democrats worked to keep Nader off the ballot in as many states as possible. For a party that claims to support an open democratic society, they sure worked hard to keep a viable candidate off out of the election. I’ll definitely be sending him money to employ in the inevitable ballot access battles he will encounter.
(Hat tip Abe Greenwald at Commentary)