I don't know much about him except he seems to be like Jim Jeffords. So far to the left he can easily become a democrat or independent.
It is hard to classify people exactly. My post is about the two ladders to the Presidency via the democrat(socialist) and republican party. If you have a different agenda and run for President in any other party you will lose.
If Saadam Hussein was eligible to run for President ,he knows he would get a lot more votes as a republican or democrat than running as a Baathist. -Tom