Tricks and Treats (James Ridgeway): ‘After surviving Gore-inspired “flash attacks” over the weekend, Ralph Nader’s campaign is

now the target of a propaganda wave. One high-profile Gore partisan this morning was spreading a nasty

rumor about the Nader machine. According to the scuttlebutt, Nader operatives had leaked information

that the consumer advocate had been secretly offered $12 million—the amount his Green Party would get

in federal matching funds if he won 5 percent of the vote next Tuesday—to take a fall against Gore in key

states. The whisperer said Nader had refused the money.’ The Village Voice