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From Bunny
I meant third-party candidates that my Republican neighbors would be likely to vote for instead of Bush.

posted by Bunny on November 17, 2003 at 11:25 AM | link to this | reply

At a minimum...
...there will be a Libertarian and a Green. The American Worker's Socialist Party usually runs a candidate as does the American Communist Party.

posted by arGee on November 17, 2003 at 11:11 AM | link to this | reply

From Bunny
I haven't heard about any third-party candidates running, have you?

posted by Bunny on November 17, 2003 at 10:53 AM | link to this | reply

Keep in mind that a third-party candidate is always possible.
Also, keep in mind that third-party candidates tend to take votes from the candidate most like themselves. John Anderson is a case in point. He ran against Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford as a "moderate" Republican. If all the people who told me they would have voted for Anderson, but didn't think he could win, had actually voted for him, Carter would not have been president.

posted by GRYPHON on November 17, 2003 at 10:39 AM | link to this | reply

I look forward to Dean getting the Democrat nomination, because...
...this will ensure a Bush win! The American-on-the street is not such a fool as to put a left-wing pacifist into the Oval Office. Just imagine what would have happened had a Dean been president when at 9/11. In fact, imagine what Gore would have done...I heard a speach of his immediately after 9/11, wherein he said, in essence, that he was glad he didn't have to handle the problem. He clearly stated then that Bush was going a great job.

posted by arGee on November 17, 2003 at 7:35 AM | link to this | reply

Good Blog!

Actually, another Bush-lite like Lieberman will ensure Bush wins...for the first time. Dean is leading for a reason. He's a populist, and one honest to the Democratic Party. Not just another Republican in a cheap suit.

Perhaps your neighbors are waking up! This is good news!

 

Shawn

posted by ShawnMichel on November 16, 2003 at 10:20 PM | link to this | reply