The difference will be whether they are true third party candidates running out of concern for the country, or if they are DNC-sponsored plants, running only to confuse the electorate and siphon off Republican votes.
I suspect that the latter will become a trend, for several reasons.
1. In 2006, we saw the Democrats nationalize a strategy to run "conservative" candidates against Republicans in traditional GOP districts. That strategy worked.
2. We've seen candidates like Michael Bloomberg run on the GOP ticket because the Democrat ticket was already full. After winning on the GOP ticket, Bloomberg became an Independent.
3. A willing media will label DNC-backed third party candidates as "moderates," or "conservative-friendly," in support of this strategy.
-PJ
The democrat my congressman defeated in 06 is running as a republican now.
In fact, the republican my congressman defeated in the primary was once a democrat as well. He seems to be a democrat again because he endorsed the marxist against my republican congressman last year.
Lots of democrat games being played if you ask me.
Doing some digging and found that another Republican running for nomination in my district is the nephew of the Ambassador to Ireland appointed by Obama. Hmmmmmmm
The Huffington post says that he got the ambassador position after providing critical support to the Obama campaign.
I don’t know much about these guys but I’m not liking what I’m hearing. There are 3 brothers, one already a GOP congressman in Florida, another considering congressional run in another florida district, and the 3rd brother moved into my district to run.