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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Very true...you'd think it would have come years ago wouldn't you? I think one problem we do have is often third parties are trying to fill a niche rather then speak to the masses and in turn grab a very small percentage of votes and simply sputter out due to lack of support. I wonder what would happen if somebody with the charisma of an Obama ran on third party ticket aimed directly at swing voters and moderates, throw in a slew of congressional candidates running across the US and you might have something. Have we had something like that...ever?
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No, not to my knowledge. I think the problem is money. It simply takes money to be taken seriously in the US. That's how Perot got as far as he did it. He bought a of 1/2 hour TV time to inform people of his agenda. But he had (has?) the money to do that on his own. I remember watching his TV ad and thought "you know he makes a lot of sense." Then he went to a debate and sounded like a lunatic.
The tea party today is also well funded. The Koch brothers, Dick Army, Steve Forbes and FreedomWorks pour a lot of money in and it wouldn't have gotten this far without that cash.
I'd really like to see some rational third party group get people on ballots across the country. Without the cash it's just not going to happen. I mean face it the only thing that's going to bring the GOP and the Dems together is a threat to more of the same.