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Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard tweeted the eminent arrival of a new third party candidate. Can anyone realistically throw their hat in the ring at this point? Or is it the chattering class howling at the wind?
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Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate--an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance.
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2016-05-30, 08:11 PM #1Old God
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Bill Kristol tweets hint about an "impressive" Third Party Candidate, who will it be?
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2016-05-30, 08:14 PM #2Titan
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Mitt Romney maybe?
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2016-05-30, 08:19 PM #3The Undying
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If Romney runs as a third party candidate, Hillary will be our next president.
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2016-05-30, 08:19 PM #4The Forgettable
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Bernie is the only one who would make a difference, so it's probably him.
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2016-05-30, 08:25 PM #5Titan
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If he doesn't take any votes from Hillary maybe.
Originally Posted by Hubcap
From this supposed conservative third party candidate's perspective, the disdain for both Hillary and Trump would hopefully allow them to obtain enough votes that neither Hillary nor Trump can achieve 270 electoral college votes. And then the House will pick the president...
If it were Romney, for example... He could probably win Massachusetts away from Hillary... Maybe a couple more small states like NH and he could theoretically prevent either of them from winning. The House would love to vote Romney in if such a scenario played out.
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2016-05-30, 08:33 PM #6The Undying
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Kristol is a far right guy. Originally Posted by Forgettable
That candidate runs independent but will be a Republican.
To the other comments, I don't think it's Romney.
No clue who they could drag out of the woodwork though."The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
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2016-05-30, 08:37 PM #7Partying in Valhalla
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Libertarian party nominated this weekend. They chose Gary Johnson.
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2016-05-30, 08:37 PM #8Void Lord
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Kristol's one of those pundits where if he says the sky is blue you should probably check anyway.
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2016-05-30, 08:38 PM #9The Undying
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That idea, the outcome, has been tossed around already and discarded for the Republican primaries. Originally Posted by I Push Buttons
Do you really believe that a house pick that is neither Trump or Hillary would go over peacefully with the voters?
The people made this pretty clear that they're pissed. If there was a pick that would not reflect the people's will, this would mean a lot of trouble.
Quite honestly, I would not want to be a congress member in such scenario then.
No, the idea of fucking the voters over like that, that's a very bad idea."The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
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2016-05-30, 08:44 PM #10Titan
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Like that hasn't already been happening :P Originally Posted by Wildtree
People are idiots though... They will piss and moan, but they will still elect those guys afterward. They will cry and shout and protest and all that bullshit, but then two years later during the mid term, when they look at their ballot and see the same Republican that has run in their district for 20 years and a no name random Democrat, if someone even tries to compete there... Who are they going to vote for?
Any upstart conservative that challenges the incumbent isn't going to have the money to compete with the establishment.
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2016-05-30, 08:46 PM #11Titan
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If it is Bernie then Trump will win in a landslide. Much like if it is Romney as others had said Clinton will cruise to victory. Originally Posted by Forgettable
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Same nutbag they picked in 2012, he isn't going to do anything. Originally Posted by Annoying
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2016-05-30, 09:19 PM #12Titan
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Isn't it not possible to get on the ballot for the general election at this point?
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2016-05-30, 09:25 PM #13DeletedHe will just take the anti-Trump vote, IMO. Originally Posted by Hubcap
They are becoming increasingly desperate. It's not a good sign.
But I am glad they have finally revealed their true colors.
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2016-05-30, 09:26 PM #14DeletedIf it's only Hillary vs Trump then Trump is going to win in a landslide anyway. Makes little difference. Originally Posted by Tyrven
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2016-05-30, 09:28 PM #15Partying in Valhalla
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While those might be your views on him, I'm solidly sure tweeting about a third party candidate the same weekend that the Libertarians are doing nominations is a solid lead on who he's talking about. I'm like 95% sure he's tweeting about Gary Johnson. Originally Posted by Tyrven
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2016-05-30, 10:23 PM #16Titan
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Time will tell, but as disliked as Hillary is Trump is hated by far too many and not supported by enough as it stands now. Originally Posted by Sydänyö
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2016-05-30, 10:27 PM #17Titan
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Why would he give a nod to a Green Party candidate? The Green Party is basically 95% the same as the Democratic Party? Originally Posted by Annoying
The guy hates Trump, so a Green Party candidate can literally only hurt his position by taking votes away from the Democrat running?
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2016-05-30, 10:27 PM #18Titan
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He recieved less then 1% of the vote last election in half of the states. The only state he received more then 3% was New Mexico his home state and that was 3.5%. He isn't known by many and to overcome such dismal numbers from his last effort he is going to need some real magic. This very well might be who Bill Kristol is talking about, but it matters little. Johnson is a non factor when it comes to POTUS. Originally Posted by Annoying
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2016-05-30, 10:35 PM #19Herald of the Titans
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Third-party candidates never get more than 10% of the vote, and at this point far too many are already committed and have made up their minds. Plus my guess is that a third-party candidate would pull pretty equally from both Clinton and Trump so it would be pretty moot. It's more of a conservative talk show topic for the ones like Glenn Beck that are anti-Trump rather than it being a realistic chance to win. The time to do it would have been 6 or 9 months ago when enough people that were willing to consider an Independent candidate (which is already a small subset of voters) were still undecided. Too many people consider themselves red or blue. It's unfortunate really since it leaves us with a fairly rigged exclusive 2-party system, and going against that machine is a major uphill battle.
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2016-05-30, 10:44 PM #20The Undying
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That would come as a shock! LOL! Originally Posted by Forgettable
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