[Repeat Offender]

Well, hopefully Hoffman will win. And we can demonstrate that people are fed up with Ds and Rs both. MaybeHopefully we CAN make a viable third party.

[moose2004]

I’d much rather see the Republicans return to their conservative Reagan roots, no third party for me.

[OldDeckHand]

"And we can demonstrate that people are fed up with Ds and Rs both. MaybeHopefully we CAN make a viable third party. "

This is an insurgency in a small and historically conservative, or right-leaning district - hardly a place to evaluate the practicality of a conservative 3rd party.

Outside of this kind of district, a conservative 3rd party would guarantee the Democrats 70+ seats in the Senate and probably 350 seats in the house. Even if they got 35% of the vote - which would be historic, it would be an incredible gift to Democrats everywhere. Put another way, any Republican who didn't enjoy a margin of victory of plus 15%, would probably be defeated.