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Originally Posted by tstew
I agree that you absolutely have to establish yourself. However, I do feel like the climate now is more condusive to a third party major candidate than ever before.
We have seen third candidates in recent years be prominent enough that they are getting more support than traditionally.
People are increasingly turned off by the political games and the system...to the extent that the two most popular and galvanizing individuals in this election are embraced primarily because they are outsiders.
Modern media and the ability to mass communicate and galvanize people is unprecedented.
We have seen individuals like T. Boone Pickett become household names with a message.
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Stew, in my mind there is a second reason beyond what has been said for not running a president without congressional support.
That being, what happens when you win? A president with no political allies is a man with 535 political enemies.
It would be a testcase for disaster.
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