TNC slams Ralph Nader and Cornel West's call for a liberal primary challenge:
Despite the claims of working on behalf of the poor, I'm forced to wonder if any of this would be happening had Obama returned a few phone-calls and put in some face-time. The presidential fetish on exhibition here, paired with a non-critique of Congress, the non-recognition of the need to build a more left-leaning electorate is amazing and anti-democratic. Nothing better evidences that than seeing Nader, a man who evidently believes Obama an "Uncle Tom for the corporations," turn around and praise Sarah Palin for her "conservative populism." This isn't progressive. It's personal. And it's reactionary.
Justin Elliott explains why the primary challenge is a total pipe-dream. Adam Serwer offers a more balanced, but still critical, take on West and Tavis Smiley's critique of Obama from the self-identified black left. Frankly, I think a Palin-Nader ticket would be clarifying.
The Dish 