[BwanaNdege]

The 2020 Election is not about Republican vs Democrat but rather Trump vs The Swamp. Both sides of the Swamp are in danger. The Rinos hate Trump. The Democrats are terrified that Crazy, Socialist Bernie will get their nomination.

What to do, what to do?

In the Dark of Night, join forces to defeat Trump ("Orange Man Bad"). Run Romney as a "Centrist, Moral, Reach Across the Aisle" alternative candidate to Bernie AND Trump! "Bring the Country Together Again!"

Make photogenic Tulsi Gabbard, (She's a Veteran, you know") Romney's running mate. Get Bloomberg to throw his billions AGAINST Trump backing a Ticket that has a better chance than he.

Romney/Gabbard probably won't win, but could prevent either Trump or Bernie from getting the 271 Electoral Votes necessary. What then? Is the Election thrown into the House of Representatives?

Stranger things have happened.

For the record, I'm for Trump all the way. Just thinking about possible enemy stratagems.

[Nifster]

Incorrect

The 2020 election is about capitalism versus communism.

[be-baw]

No, there is no 3rd party looming in 2020.

[JonPreston]

The entrance barriers for 3rd parties are a significant hurdle for anyone, including billionaires (see Ross Perot). With 275? days until 11/3, it’s too late.

[Husker24]

I could see Romney running as an independent to steal just enough votes to sink Trump.

[Deplorable American1776]

Romney is not a centrist... He is a left wing Globalist...

[nathanbedford]

Clearly, the American political landscape is headed toward realignments. This might come in the form of a third-party but more likely it will take the shape of substantial changes in the ideologies and driving issues of the parties themselves. In any event, there will be no third-party this cycle.

If the Republican Party wants long-term to become the dominant party in America, indeed if it wants to even survive as a coherent and effective political organization, it must continue the Trump programs. That means it must shed itself of the parasitical establishment swamp dwellers and attach itself to Reagan Democrats on social and opportunity issues but not on redistribution issues.

If the Democrats want to become the dominant party, they must avoid the temptation to sell out to oligarchs and turn away from cultural Marxism. They must embrace patriotism and eschew tribalism. They must abandon their whole culture that has been polluted by Critical Theory. I think this is an unrealizable commitment because it violates the fundamental animating force of the Democrat party, the accumulation of power to play God.

The danger is the Republicans will continue on as they have been with the Bushes, the Romneys, the McCains, the Ryan's, the Boeners and the McConnells always betting they will somehow stay relevant because enough of the electorate gets it that the Democrats cannot restrain their immoderate quest for complete power and a sufficient number of voters will hold their nose out of fear of Democrats and vote Republican.

[PIF]

Romney/Gabbard probably won’t win,

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But under that scenario they will win, because you failed to take into account the massive cheating which will have every illegal, dead, duplicate, multiple ballot new voters, last minute found ballot boxes popping up everywhere - such that the number of voters will exceed the total population of the US, and if that doesn’t work they will try something else

[metmom]

Yes, it’s the libertarian Party.

I know a bunch of millennias who consider themselves libertarian.

As long as they don’t pull the trigger for a dem, although I’d prefer they do so for Trump because I don’t want him losing enough votes for a dem to win by default.

[Gay State Conservative]

There are several possible 3rd Party punks this year.Bernie being the top candidate.If they steal the nomination again he just might be pi$$ed enough to do it.Weld and Kasich just might do it.But they'd get 1% at most.

Bernie,OTOH,would very probably get many votes.Possibly many,*many* votes.

[ConservativeWarrior]

If they had more time, and hadn’t bet the house on impeachment (no pun intended), maybe...

But Mitt is a lily white religious man. He’d still split the left’s radical/insane base.

[Buckeye McFrog]

It’s about Populists vs. the Establishment.

Trump represents Middle America Populism.
Bernie represents New Left Populism.
Both are in a sense a rebellion against the status quo.
A majority of voters of all persuasions have had it with establishment types in BOTH parties.

I expect that in the end we are looking at an historic split into 4 parties.

- a rump establishment Democrat party.
- a rump establishment RINO party
- a new Socialist Party
- a new MAGA Party