As much as I would like it, a third party option that gets on all 50 ballots is very doubtful. The organization that it takes to pull that off (see Perot 1996) just isn't there, and there's no real talk about McCain in particular pulling out of the Republican primary. All the dirt that I'm hearing is that he really wants the party nomination and isn't ready to go off the reservation. I also doubt that we'll see Lieberman do anything on a national basis unless there's a start-up party that he falls in with.
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