The dream of the independent third party presidential candidate shall never die -- at least in the columns of elite pundits like Thomas Friedman. In his latest effort, Friedman predicts "a serious third party candidate" for the presidenc...
Slate's Mickey Kaus didn't like my post criticizing his claim that John McCain can win the presidency as a third-party candidate:
Backfill: Ron Brownstein's made the McCain/Perot point before. I've blogged Brownstein before. And Brenda...
Yesterday Thomas Friedman proclaimed that a viable third party presidential candidate will emerge in 2012:
Thanks to a quiet political start-up that is now ready to show its hand, a viable, centrist, third presidential ticket, elected...
An op-ed debunking third party hype is featured today on the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal website. Keep 'em coming...
With John McCain's lock on the GOP nomination deflating elite interest in Michael Bloomberg, pundits have to look elsewhere to engage in pointless speculation about third-party presidential candidacies. Bizarrely, Robert Wright suggested...
TNR's Britt Peterson presents the right take on Unity '08 -- a third-party presidential candidate has no chance:
Of course, Unity '08's coherence problem may be the least of their hurdles. As John Anderson, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader c...
Brendan NyhanOct 5, 2010 at 4:33pmFrom my Twitter feed (9/30-10/5)BrendanNyhanOct 5, 2010 at 4:23pmThird party post updated with a response to @fivethirtyeight emphasizing theoretical reasons to doubt 3P viability: http://bit.ly/dBFRTVTh...
Contrary to my counterintuitive hype of a possible Ron Paul third party presidential candidacy, he has apparently ruled out an independent bid: "I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican Party, so there will be no th...
The Washington Post and New York Times report on the group of old, increasingly irrelevant moderates who seem to want to draft Michael Bloomberg for a "national unity" government. There's a serious problem, however. Neither Bloomberg nor...