[GeronL]

glad to have him?? 22 years of being on the other side and you'll claim him in less than a day?? I hope Ralph Nader doesn't run for the GOP nomination!

[WOSG]

Again, as a *conservative*, someone with an ACU rating above 80% is hardly on the "other side" from me.
He supports the republican agenda, he's just been wearing a "D" label while doing it. He shares a conservative agenda.

As noted, he was one of the few Democrats to vote for impeachment.

He is more of "one of us" than RINOs like Connie Morella, Specre, Lincoln Chafee, etc. Comparing him with Ralph Nader is silly, he is more like another Zell Miller, and old-style conservative southern Democrat, a species now near extinction.

[Redbob]

"glad to have him?? 22 years of being on the other side and you'll claim him in less than a day?? I hope Ralph Nader doesn't run for the GOP nomination!"

In order for that to be a fair comparison, Ralph Nader to Ralph Hall, you'd have to be able to demonstrate that Mr. Nader had a consistently conservative voting record in the House of Representatives, as Mr. Hall does, and was a staunch supporter of the right to keep and bear arms, as Mr. Hall is.

My personal feeling, however, is that Ralph switched parties just so he could run one more time, then "bequeath" his seat to his son.