I doubt he goes indy/third party,those that try and cater to all people all the time wind up with no one when the going gets tough.
I surely hope you are correct. It’s always hard to predict what a whining desperado climber will do.
He has to file by noon tomorrow. See source at
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2010/2010pdates.pdf
Shows all dates by state.
Guess what post I just made it too.