Don, Ralph Nader was indignant at the notion that he might have to run in a contested primary for the Green nomination, and therefore decided not to run in our primaries. Now he wants to come out of the convention on equal footing with a candidate who ran in the primaries and won a plurality of delegates. It's not a compromise Nader is after, it's a coup. This isn't about whether we're a movement or a party, it's about whether we uphold the principles of grassroots democracy, responsibility, and future focus, or we don't. Nader supporters want to thumb their noses at the democratic process--just as Ralph has. If they succeed, we will be neither a movement nor a party; we will be moribund because we will have surrendered our commitment to our principles. Our party is barely hanging on to ballot status in California. Our greatest appeal is that we have been a *party* of principle. If we aren't that, we probably shouldn't be surprised if we lose ballot status and start losing local elections we could have and should have won. Most of us don't need the Green Party to make us activists, or to express our displeasure with the parties. We need the Green Party to sustain our hope that we can exercise political power to build a better world. We need the Green Party to build a non-corporate alternative to the corporate parties. I hope my hope is still alive at this time tomorrow. Paul Quick