[Captain Kennit]

You are correct, and history shows that in American modern history third parties are inevitably doomed to failure. But that doesn't mean that the views they espouse do not have strong support; it is just that general agreement with some or all of their views does not translate into votes. Buchanan runs on a 3rd Party ticket and receives 1% of the vote, but that does NOT mean that only 1% of Americans agree with his views.

[Jim Robinson]

Doesn't matter how many agree with some subset of Buchanan's or Browne's or Phillips' (or whatever third party's) beliefs. They're in a tiny minority and have no chance at a direct positive influence on government. It would be far better to rid our government of as many Democrats as we possibly can and replace them as with the most conservative candidates we can possibly get elected. Third parties are not the solution. Makes no sense at all to knock Bush and the Republicans out now just to turn control back over to the Democrats. Let's hang on to the WH and the Congress and build on what we have. Continue pushing up new conservative blood through the farm teams to replace the liberals and rinos. Eventually we'll have a conservative congress and courts and can start actually rolling back some of the unconstitutional crap that's been forced on us.