The Spoiler Returns?

WASHINGTON (AP) – Ralph Nader could be poised for another third party presidential campaign.

The consumer advocate will appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday to announce whether he will launch another White House bid. Nader kicked off his 2004 presidential run on the show.

A spokesman for Nader did not return phone calls seeking comment.

Kevin Zeese, who was Nader’s spokesman during the 2004 presidential race, but is no longer working for him, said Friday that Nader has been actively talking to “lots of people on all sorts of levels” about the possibility of making another run.

Zeese said he could only guess what Nader might do, but added: “Obviously, I don’t think (“Meet the Press” host) Tim Russert would have him on for no reason.”

Peter Camejo, Nader’s running mate in 2004, said he won’t reveal Nader’s plans because he doesn’t want to upstage the announcement. But he said Nader’s overall philosophy on elections has not changed.

“You’ve got to keep running to raise the issues that are never discussed,” Camejo said. “There’s a whole series of issues that only a Ralph Nader would raise.”

Last month, Nader began an exploratory presidential campaign and launched a Web site that promises to fight “corporate greed, corporate power, corporate control.”

That Green Party of his is bound to pull Democratic voters from Obama when he’s the nominee. Especially those who “like Black people” in the way many White liberals do, applauding in the background. Here’s the best part of the story though:

Nader is still loathed by many Democrats who call him a spoiler and claim his candidacy in 2000 cost Democrats the election by siphoning votes away from Al Gore in a razor-thin contest in Florida. Nader has vociferously disputed the spoiler claim, saying only Democrats are to blame for losing the race to George W. Bush.

As the left marches on it will fracture more and more as its leading lights scramble to become The Boss. Delicious.