[Bluegrass Conservative]

I've seen too many third party candidates (Anderson, Perot, Nader) who just ended up being a joke and hurting the actual cause that people who voted for them supported.

Right. I wonder how many Perot voters now regret that their decision handed Bill Clinton the White House for 8 years. They may not have supported all of the policies and decisions of the first President Bush, but I am willing to bet they would have preferred him to Clinton.

The same can be said of the liberals that voted for Nader in 2000.

[rhombus]

Right. I wonder how many Perot voters now regret that their decision handed Bill Clinton the White House for 8 years. They may not have supported all of the policies and decisions of the first President Bush, but I am willing to bet they would have preferred him to Clinton.

Some will argue that by voting Clinton into office that helped the Republicans take the House in 94. I don't quite buy that and even if it were the case I think the Clintons did far more damage than the good of taking the House.