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Originally Posted by djtestudo
I think the next major independent/third-party candidate is going to be Michael Bloomberg. Not because of any real political ideology (though I haven't really heard any issues with the way he's running New York) but because he's a politician and he is obscenely rich. Probably to the point of being able to outspend the Democrat and Republican candidates combined in a general election if he really wanted.
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I concur. The likeliest scenario in my mind for the emergence of a viable 3rd party is not one of idealism, rather one with enough brute force to break/challenge the present deadlock.
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