It just occurred to me,

[shortylickens]

The last time we had a one-termer, there was a serious third party contender.

Coincidence?

 

[Ausm]

Crack kills.

Coincidence?

 

[IBMer]

The last time we had a one-termer, there was a serious third party contender.

Coincidence?

Third Party contenders tend to steal votes from one of the two parties, generally not both.

 

[DesiPower]

Who's the 3rd party candidate this time? I don't see none..

 

[Dulanic]

Who's the 3rd party candidate this time? I don't see none..

I believe you do see none.

 

[Texashiker]

Who's the 3rd party candidate this time? I don't see none..

Main stream news ignores the other parties. If you want to keep up with them, you will have to do it yourself.

http://www.lp.org/

I subscribe to the Libertarian Party newsletter.

When bill clinton did his flip-flop on nafta and gatt, I knew there was no hope for this country as long as the two major parties are in power. Since the mid-1990s I have voted straight line Libertarian Party.

 

[dank69]

Serious as in 0% of the electoral?

 

[Atreus21]

I'll be surprised is Obama is defeated. Unseating an incumbent is never easy.

 

[Munky]

I'll be surprised is Obama is defeated. Unseating an incumbent is never easy.

Unless people get dissatisfied enough with his performance.

 

[Anarchist420]

I know that Perot took more votes from Clinton than Bush 41 contrary to popular belief.

 

[shortylickens]

Third Party contenders tend to steal votes from one of the two parties, generally not both.

Thats what I meant. Tons of hardcore republicans were unhappy with Bush but damn sure werent gonna vote democrat.
Perot stole a shitload of Bush's voting base, did not win one state for himself, and set Clinton up for an easy win.
It was a huge landslide as I recall.

 

[shortylickens]

Yup, I was right.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Unless people get dissatisfied enough with his performance.

And you have a candidate that is worth voting for. See 2004 presidential election.

That crucial second part is what the Republicans (or at least the current frontrunners) are missing.