Alexander Cockburn on Gridlock: . “So it all came out right in the end: gridlock

on the Hill and Nader blamed for sabotaging

Al Gore.

First a word about gridlock. We like it. No

bold initiatives, like privatizing Social Security

or shoving through vouchers. No

ultra-right-wingers making it onto the

Supreme Court. Ah, you protest, but what

about the bold plans that a

Democratic-controlled Congress and Gore

would have pushed through? Relax. There

were no such plans. These days gridlock is the

best we can hope for.” And Cockburn continues with a good summary of the reasons Greens voted Green rather than “sneaking back to the Gore column.” CounterPunch