According to an e-mail sent to supporters (his wife, employees), professional presidential spoiler Ralph Nader will make an appearance on Meet The Press this weekend to gab with Tim Russert and probably make a huge, largely unneeded, widely unwanted announcement.

The great-great-grandfather of consumer rights is currently embroiled in a heated Green Party primary race with cop hitter Cynthia McKinney, but for now he officially remains in the "considering" phase of his presidential run. Not for long, though, says former campaign spokesman Kevin Zeese. "Obviously, I don't think Tim Russert would have him on for no reason," he said.

Nader, who's spent the past four years making a documentary, criticizing the Bush administration, and hugging trees, began his presidential exploratory committee on January 30, the same day anti-corporate pretty-boy John Edwards dropped out of the Democratic Primary. But the real question of Nader's effect on the race is not whether he'll inject it with meaningful discourse about the growing power of multi-national corporations, but rather if he'll botch things for the Dems again. The second most important question of course being: What would a steel-cage match between Nader and potential Republican third-party spoiler and fellow septuagenarian Ron Paul look like?