The whole article is a long read, but worth it.
Bloomberg gave up on his plan to go independent for one reason: Americans do not want a 3rd party candidate.
America wants McCain over anyone else, and that’s what counts.
Among those joining in the effort are presidential candidate Alan Keyes, American Minute founder Bill Federer, Council for National Policy member Bob Fischer, Minuteman national executive Director Al Garza, Constitution Party founder Howard Phillips, Gun Owners of American executive director Larry Pratt, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps founder Chris Simcox, Operation Save America founder Flip Benham and dozens of others.
Couldn’t find anybody sane?
A conservative third party candidate will not work unless there are countervailing liberal third parties that dilute the votes in a general presidential election, which would give the conservative 3rd party a chance to win. So the answer is no to a third party... for now.
Has former president Ross Perot weighed in on this?
Will the Presidential ballots be marked with “None of the Above”?
I feel like I woke up in the Bizarro World.
without the crossover voting allowed in primaries would mccain have won the GOP nomination ?
No.
The way to replace the GOP with a true conservative party, the only reasonable way, is to recruit the already elected conservative Republicans to the new party and then you have an instant political party without a vote being cast.
From there, the new party cuts a deal with the Republicans to only challenge their most egregious rino incumbents if they agree not to challenge the conservative incumbents of the new party. It would be absurd for the Republicans to challenge a conservative incumbent since they'd never win the seat and could only help a Democrat get elected. Such an action would only cause the Republican dead-enders to jump ship to the new party.
It can be done, but it requires some planning and less emotion.
Yes, it is. But the key IMHO, is the Christians. It sounds as though they are attempting to mobilize through the Christian networks, which is exactly the thing to do. If Dobson and a few other Christian leaders get on board, this thing is gonna fly. If the Christians settle in behind one candidate and get his numbers (votes and $$m) into double digits (think Huck), the rest will take care of itself.
Yet another very serious issue, and one the Christians must pay attention to, is that the nominee must be a Reagan Conservative, capable of drawing from all three pillars of Conservatism. This is paramount, as Huckabee's run proved- The Christians can haul 'em outta' the basement and get them seen, but they cannot provide a win for the candidate without the rest of the Conservative community behind them.
This is critically important, because a third party candidate will be fighting heavy Republicanism all the way, and must be able to speak to the hearts of all conservatives to get tem to leave the Pubbies in droves. If they get past the "3rd parties can't win" crowd, the win is very possible.
Unlikely to make a difference in 2008. We are laying the groundwork for 2012.
Forget the 3rd party candidate, draft JC Watts.
So? And who's fault is that?
It’s 1992 all over again except that Clinton and Obama are BOTH the 3rd party candidates. Unless the Dems find someone else that both sides of that party can all vote for, McCain will be the plurality winner.