Interesting thought. Maybe I am too much of an optimist, but it is mine as well. Did Time and Newsweek include Nader in their polls?
I think they did...but he wasn't a big factor -- we're talking the difference here between 10-11 and 7. In polling, we're close to the margin of error - and with this being over a holiday weekend, I don't think pessimism is called for at all!