Democratic takedown of the day

Chris Mathews interviewing Ralph Nader on MSNBC (transcript here, h/t Sam Smith):

MATTHEWS: I am amazed that you have now excluded Barack Obama from the
progressive coalition.

NADER: He has excluded himself by the statements he has made,
unfortunately. He is a lot smarter than his public statements, which
are extremely conciliatory to concentrated power and big business.

(FWIW Nader likes John Edwards, so far. Lotsa comments at Daily Kos, which I mostly haven't waded through.)