[roamer_1]

[...] first of all, the third party candidate is going to be someone who decides to toss himself into the race without being chosen by "the people." not everyone who does not care for McCain is going to automatically support Keyes... so just right there, the third party is beginning with not enough support...

Oh, I don't know... It isn't like McCain was 'chosen by the people', either. If Perot can garner 20% of the electorate, consider if you will, what an actual Reagan Conservative can do, especially against a liberal Republican who is the antithesis of Reagan Conservatism.

[peyton randolph]

what an actual Reagan Conservative can do

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Keyes is no Reagan conservative...instead he is the flip side of the Obama "Angry Black Man Opportunist" coin.

Very similar to David Brock. Work with conservatives when it advances his interests...then turn on them when the money is be made elsewhere.

[latina4dubya]

It isn't like McCain was 'chosen by the people', either.

i knew someone would respond with that... he may not have been chosen by conservatives, but he was chosen by Republicans... we had a conservative in the race... Duncan Hunter... he garnered just about no support... Alan Keyes will garner very little support... had Duncan Hunter run in a third party right from the start, then perhaps he would have "stood out"... coming up with someone at this point in the game is not going to work...