[cinFLA]

I think that this will ultimately result in a "one-term" GWB presidency.

Not to worry. The Libertarians only got 380,000 votes in '00.

[CWOJackson]

That many? So is that a net gain or loss from the previous election?

[AntiGuv]

Pat Buchanan & the Libertarians combined got 833,560 votes in 2000, and it's a well-known political tenet that incumbent parties tend to lose a greater "protest" vote than do challenger parties...

[AntiGuv]

The difference between Bush & Gore was 543,614 - with the Democrats losing 2,882,985 "protest" votes to the Greens. (Though to be accurate, only about 1/2 to 2/3 of that would've gone D without Nader on the ballot.)