A couple of years ago, I dressed in black.

Put on a black cape.

Stuck a big silver letter N on my chest.

And went out to a Halloween party as Negativo Man.

Why did I do that?

Because people often asked me —

“Hey Russell, why are you so negative?”

Ralph Nader joined a group of protesters from the National Nurses United, UE and Single Payer Action to protest President Barack Obama’s speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning.

As Obama walked across Lafayette Square to the Chamber, he was confronted by shouts of “What about single payer Mr. President? What about your pledge for single payer? Stop buckling to the corporations, Obama. How about a little even handedness? Stop buckling to the corporate power, Obama. Respect the people not the corporations. Visit the people, not the corporate Kremlin.”