[A Balrog of Morgoth]

For example, the Constitution Party could be part of the Republican coalition in the offices

Ummm, no thanks. Those people need to grow up, first. Have you read the following? (written by a CP Senatorial Candidate)

Mark Dankof shows us his ass

We might as well climb back in bed with Pat Buchanon.

[Bogolyubski]

Well, that brings up another weakness of third parties: their tendency to attract whack-jobs. The libertarians put up a smurf for US Senate in Wyoming or Montana as I recall. (The guy ingested Silver to protect himself from some Y2K space aliens which turned his hair white and his skin blue.)