[Yo-Yo]

It was the third party candidate H. Ross Perot that gave us 8 years of William Jefferson "hummer" Jefferson.

Work within the system. With the way our political system is set up, a third party candidate has more of a chance of splitting conservative votes (as Perot did) and handing the election to the Liberal than they do in actually getting elected.

[ruffedgrouse]

--With the way our political system is set up--


PRECISELY. You can't win a card game if the other guy is playing with a stacked deck!

[Wallace T.]

The Green Party has probably had more negative impact on the Democrats than the Libertarian and Constitution Parties have had on the GOP. In 2000, had Ralph Nader's vote totals been added to those of Al Gore, the Democrats would have held the White House on account of Florida alone. There are insufficient numbers of libertarians or theonomists to make the existing "right wing" parties viable. Not counting George Wallace in 1968 or Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996, both of whom were more populist than truly conservative, the various factions of conservatives have either strongly supported the GOP or remained quiescent on the sidelines.