And, as we have seen time and again, when two liberals run against each other, the majority end up voting for the liberal who will give them more of other people's money. Only when a conservative runs can the entire election question be re-framed.
With the exception of when one lib points out the printing press is broke. Which is why Perot had to gaslight the country on LKL with the ninjas-on-my-lawn story, otherwise he was going to win. In fact it was exactly 20 years ago when he had the plurality polling lead (39%).
Not unironically, Perot endorsed Mittens in '08...