I watched the debate. I thought there were a number of things I agreed with. And the ones i didn’t looked painfully and obviously forced.
his running independent wont help us. It will hurt us. Even if just very slightly.
I agree with you.
History shows that independent candidacies tend to hurt the incumbent party. Wallace hurt Humphrey, although he was “supposed” to hurt Nixon. Anderson damaged Carter. Perot may have damaged Bush, but Bush shot himself in the foot. (Some studies say he damaged Clinton as much as Bush, or almost as much.)
There seems to be a paranoia among Republibots that any independent automatically hurts the Republicans. the historical record does not bear that out.