No, Pat's showing is the result of the engrained two party system that pervades the whole country, not only in discrimination among polls and debates, but also news coverage, condition to the system, etc. The demonization of Pat in 1992 also hasn't helped.
Well, the big-eared li'l general sure made a bit of a showing a few years back, didn't he? And I'm not sure how much of his own money he actually ended up spending, but if he can cause as much of a ruckus as he did, I wouldn't say third-party candidates are destined fer failure. It'd be tough, but you'd have to be standing up fer some major principles if ya did take on the RepublicRATS!!
"The demonization of Pat in 1992 also hasn't helped."
I was over that in a heartbeat...it was Pat's strange manuevre to the Left--on Trade Protectionism and Labor Issues--in a clumsy attempt at triangulation that soured me on Buchanan.
FReegards...MUD