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Viability refers to elect ability. Most of the American populace has NEVER even heard of the Libertarian Party and far fewer even know that the Constitution Party exists. Tom Tancredo ? Outside of his constituents, people on FR, and a few people who may hear his name on FNC, but turn away, because they don't know who he is,no one knows his name!

But in order to be known, you have to start somewhere to get the ball rolling, so that Americans know who you are. One way of doing is winning something, or making a mark on some election, like Nader did. I'll bet a lot of voters know who he is and what party he represented.

When so many people can't name the V.P., but ARE voters, just HOW viable are fringe candidates?

As I said above, they have to make a mark somewhere.

Is Dean going to be the Dem candidate ? No? And he is the closest to Nader, but Noll really. :-)

No, but I'll bet there is a certain populus within the Democratic party which is thinking of ways to attract that lost 2000 vote. We will see it when the party finally nominates its man.

And just WHAT did the Perotistas " teach " the GOP ?

That remains to be seen. When the mark is small, there will be nothing the GOP will learn.

The Libertarian Party has been out there, for what, close to or more than 30 years now and haven't " made a mark ".If anything, most people think they're a bunch of lunatic dope heads and nothing more.

The CP has NO name recognition at all and aren't about to anytime soon.

All of you sometime and maybes and someday,arguments are falling very flat; not to mention being utterly off topic.