Comments on: More Failed Groups…

By: josh

josh — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:48:39 +0000

How about the idea of writing a plan of action kinda like a bill of rights this party stands on. Then it can be different and modeled. It reminds me of when I told albanys mayor and a newspaper editor you would get more exposure if you had a wiki. the idea of the publics oppinyon unpoliced scared them to the core to the point of making fun.

By: m6fan

m6fan — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:39:17 +0000

Third party candidate/party would have a long uphill battle. Hard to gain traction…..
But if there ever was a time, probably now is the time.

By: ClapSo

ClapSo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:14:22 +0000

I think that if a third party candidate wins the general election with the highest percentage of the popular vote, there would be a big court fight. Unlike gore in 2000, a third party candidate would not have any reason to want to preserve the electoral status quo in which the repub and dems control the system. I don’t believe the electoral college could hold up to a real “one person one vote” challenge in court.

By: psburton

psburton — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:57:48 +0000

Third or fourth party candidates in theory could win the popular vote, The problem would be the electoral college, Even if a dark horse won I think after the Kennedy-Nixon race they changed the mechanics of counting. A precinct count done a couple days after showed Nixon actually won the election but to avoid riots, or so they worried at the time Nixon let it go on the condition both parties establish precinct parity. For a Dark horse candidate to become president He or She would need to capture nearly 52% of the entire popular vote to overcome “safeguards” put in place decades ago.

By: fairlane

fairlane — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:20:34 +0000

You are correct. The two parties are a sham. It’s either Pepsi or Coke.

But most people when they even talk about a “Third Party” just mean a watered down Liberal or an extremist Right Winger.