[Publius]

Let's go back to Perot. Had he not jumped out of the race and then jumped back in, Perot would have won the '92 election with as little as 39% of the vote. His Reform Party had no working ideology, no big names (except for Perot), and the money came from people in small denominations.

All it had going for it was the fact that the American people were fed up with the radical left-wing nominating electorate of the Democrats and the radical right-wing nominating electorate of the Republicans. Neither party could think outside the box for solutions. Perot created a party of the Radical Middle, conservative on economic issues, but libertarian on social issues. By not being tied to the Religious Right, the unions or the blacks, Perot's party of the Radical Middle was in a position to push truly radical changes to American problems.

Granted, with no Reform Party folks running for House or Senate, President Perot would have been greeted by a Congress that would have worked 24/7 to destroy his presidency. Governing would have been impossible.

But to say that third parties never work is to be ignorant of our history. The Republicans started as a third party when the Whigs lost their way over slavery.

While Schwarzenegger is constitutionally unable to run for president, McCain is the most popular politician in the country, except possibly for Rudy Giuliani. A movement of the Radical Middle could split both the Democrats and the Republicans and upend the system entirely.

If you build a political movement out of independents, RINO's and DINO's, you have an electoral majority.

[SierraWasp]

"independents, RINO's and DINO's, you have an electoral majority."

My goodness! What a perfect formula for pussey thinking!!! (groan... gag... barf...)

Tell me now... Precisely how many of the above described "independents, RINO's and DINO's have ever gone down in history as ever accomplishing ANYTHING meaningful to anyone in this nation? Name ONE!!! (And if you say Earl Warren, I'm gonna puke!)

[Wolfstar]

Perot would have won the '92 election with as little as 39% of the vote

Would have won? Too bad you didn't qualify your statement with "in my opinion," because there is absolutely no way you could know such a thing for certain. There is no evidence to demonstrate your assertion is factual. It is merely hypothetical.

[SierraWasp]

"Let's go back to Perot."

Let's just don't and they say we did, ok? Geeze! Are you series? (snort!)

I din't enjoy them Bill & Hitlery years much, did you?

[Mr Rogers]

McCain is the most popular politician in the country, except possibly for Rudy Giuliani.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Alia]

Publius: I don't think this will happen: yours: If you build a political movement out of independents, RINO's and DINO's, you have an electoral majority.

But yours on Perot was really on target. Good analysis.

[LexBaird]

If you build a political movement out of independents, RINO's and DINO's, you have an electoral majority.

Hey! Maybe they can call it the Bull Moose Party!