That's true, up to a point.
I think the 1992 election actually supports my view.
A paranoid dwarf with no political experience got 20% of the vote! That's halfway there!
And he was running against Ronald Reagan's designated successor, and a stealth commie who had not uncloaked yet.
A straight-up conservative LEADER, who has survived a statewide or national election, running against HRC who is fully exposed and a RINO with nothing to say has the potential to win a 3-way.
It's much more likely than winning a two-way race, IMO.
If we ignore history, we are doomed to repeat it. There is 47% of the population who will vote for the candidate from the left regardless what piece of hamburger is put forward by the left.
If it is a 3-way vote for Prez, Hillary will be president come 2017.