Also, the American electorate is a big part of the problem. Our form of government assumes people care.
People who support a "third party" need to realize it's much like the "third world" trying to catch up to the rest of the world. There's a long road to generating a big enough base to get recognized. It involves a lot of work and would not happen in an instant. Third parties often want recognition on the national scale without laying the groundwork for it. That's why they fail.
The current two majority parties or having some real problems, Dems especially. They might be in serious trouble over the next decade. There is an opportunity for another group to take thier place. I really think Perot could have made a splash in '92 if he wasn't, well...Perot.
He got Clinton instead. Third parties are just spoilers... nothing more.
I tend to call them “the fools party”.
Are you kidding? The *system* is so far away from the original intent of having citizens - albeit those with means and property - from serving in Congress to one where only millions upon millions of dollars will get you elected - AFTER you have sold your soul to those in charge of *your* respective party.
I don't like restrictions on free speech that the campaign finance laws trample over, but without a way for our best and brightest to even get a SHOT at a seat in Congress, this country will continue to wallow in people like the Clintons. /rant off