Judy Woodruff interviewed Ralph Nader, and in the first quoted paragraphs from this article on CNN.com he says what I'm hearing everyone else say, and what I'm thinking, and he goes on after to show more intelligence, consistency and clarity than any politician I've seen since Paul Wellstone. As many have said, a big ego is a prerequisite for the job, so it's not much of an argument in favor of the status quo guys.

The paragraphs:

WOODRUFF: You ran four years ago. You got, what, 3 percent of the vote. Do you honestly and seriously believe that you have a real shot at winning this election this year?

NADER: Well, you know, the stock answer, it depends on the voters and the media. But there are other purposes for the campaign.

I don't think there's too much political organization behind 45 million workers who don't make a living wage in this country, or 45 million people who don't have health insurance, of which 18,000 die every year. Or there's enough organized effort to crack down on corporate crime, fraud and abuse, or [on] the environment. In other words, we need more voices, more energies, more political and civic involvement.