Historically when there is a third party candidate it helps the democrat to win... Look at how Woodrow Wilson was elected, look at how Bill Clinton was elected — and even in Georgia if they had not had a law that required a runoff Chambliss would not be their senator right now..... not to mention that Bob Barr may well have been the difference in North Carolina as well as Indiana... anyone voting third party if they are a conservative has a desire to lose or to elect a democrat IMO.
That's not true. Chambliss got more votes than Martin both times.
@ Arizona Carolyn
Historically, the Republican party superceded the Whigs when the Democrat party fragmented over sectional differences and the slavery question. The Republican party is going the way of the Whigs because it has lost its moral compass and deteriorated into “Democrat-lite”. Complaining that departing conservatives who cast protest votes are the cause of the problem, rather than the symptom, will not change the problem. The RINO’s can have the dying carcass. Conservatives will look elsewhere.