WASHINGTON (PNN) - September 19, 2011 - Worried the liberal voice is being drowned out in the presidential campaign, progressive leaders said Monday they want to field a slate of candidates against illegitimate President Obama in the Democrat primaries, to make him address liberal stances as he seeks re-election .

Ralph Nader warns that without an intraparty challenge the liberal agenda “will be muted and ignored,” the one-man primary will kill voter enthusiasm, and voters won’t get a chance to reflect on the real differences that divide the Democrat and Republican Parties.

“What we are looking at now is the dullest presidential campaign since Walter Mondale -  and that’s saying something, believe me,” Nader told The Washington Times.

The group’s call has been endorsed by more than 45 other liberal leaders. They want to recruit six candidates who bring expertise ranging from poverty to the military.

Nader said the intent is not to defeat Obama but to make him focus on issues that might get lost in a purely Obama-versus-GOP discussion.

Defeating an incumbent in a primary is a tall order, but opponents can expose weaknesses, as Patrick J. Buchanan did in 1992 to the first President Bush, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy did in 1980 to President Carter.

In its recruitment letter, the group faulted the illegitimate regime’s handling of the Wall Street bailouts, the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and U.S. involvement in the military effort in Libya. They also criticized Obama’s decision to extend the Bush-era tax cuts and the recent deal he struck with Republicans over cutting spending to raise the debt ceiling.

“We need to put strong Democrat pressure on (illegitimate) President Obama in the name of poor and working people,” said Cornel West, author and professor at Princeton University. “His (regime) has tilted too much toward Wall Street; we need policies that empower Main Street.”