Is Chuck Todd right? Will populist presidential third party candidates emerge? Ping to Today show list.
If Romney gets the nomination, could Huckabee, a populist said to detest Romney, jump in?
Yes
Well I am sure Chuck Todd hopes so. Anything to help Obama win re-election. Liberals like Todd remember well how Perot helped Clinton get elected and would love nothing more than a replay of the same scenario. 3rd party voting is stupid, you'd have thought people would have learned that by now.
The status quo is untenable. Everyone knows it, no one acts on it (yet).
The Romney nomination, which is inevitable, is an attempt by a dying party to keep the governing coalition that has ruled since 1933 in place. I don't think it will work.
Romney's nomination will split the GOP, and I doubt that it will be able to be revived in its present form.
Depending on WHEN Ronmey's victory is assured, an opposition force will appear. If he's a lock by, let's say, March, that opposition force will be very powerful.
The nature of the fourth party is less clear at this point. Will it be a Bell-Everett "can't we all just get along" party? Will it be a true, openly communist force?
The latter seems unlikely, but, in my view, only communism can cash the checks that politicians of both parties have been writing since 1965. As people come to realize that, support for a communist revolution may go as high as 15-20%.
A lot depends on what Barry's handlers decide to do. If he runs on "fundamental transformation", he will co-opt a lot of communists who believe (as I do) that he is one of them at heart. If he runs to the center, he will have communist opposition, unless Soros, Ayers, and whoever else is running the show decide that he's more valuable as a martyr.
Assuming that they keep him in the picture, and if he runs left, the war drums will be beating by Summer 2012. As mobs start rampaging in the cities, and as it becomes clear that Obama's reelection OR a conservative victory will both precipitate war, a "Constitutional Union" party running, let's say, Mitch Daniels and Sam Nunn will probably get into the picture.
Whatever happens, Romney as a major party nominee is unimportant, since there are no circumstances under which he can be elected.
I also expect some kind of challenge to obama from the extreme left...maybe Ralph Nader again or someone he pushes. Should be an interesting summer.
Definitely. If either Romney or Cain win the nomination, the scene will be ripe for it.
Then Chuck Todd has a very selective form of amnesia. Obama was a populist candidate in 2008, from jump...
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