Read the history. All a third party would do is ensure the political dominance of the 0 Democrats for a generation or 2. The solution if for the Tea Party movement to keep taking over the levers of power in the GOP and retire worn out old dinosaurs like McCain.
American seem to be wonderfully incapable of realizing their political system is designed to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. They continually assume that because they win one election, they have won the political war. That is no how our system works. It takes several elections, not just an election, to change our political system in any significant fashion
“American seem to be wonderfully incapable of realizing their political system is designed to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. They continually assume that because they win one election, they have won the political war. That is no how our system works. It takes several elections, not just an election, to change our political system in any significant fashion “
Serious questions follow:
1. How many Republicans were on the ticket in 1856?
2. How did the election of 1860 change things?
2a. Would you call what happened in 1860 “evolutionary”?
3. How many Whigs were on the ticket in 1864?
Just wonderin’...