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...
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...
Stuart Taylor, the National Journal legal columnist, and K.C. Johnson, the Brooklyn College professor and respected Duke lacrosse blogger, have published a devastating Wall Street Journal op-ed today on the case. It's all worth reading, ...
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...
Durham's Herald Sun newspaper includes a few new tidbits in today's article on the Duke lacrosse case.
First, the New Black Panther Party is getting involved:
An official with the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense said the black...
As private accounts continue to flatline, a few people are starting to notice that President Bush isn't very popular, as I pointed out last week. Ironically enough, it was the Washington Times that led the charge:
President Bush's reco...
I'm usually a hater when it comes to people floating third-party scenarios, but why isn't anyone talking about a Ron Paul third-party run? What is he going to do with all that money? He can't possibly spend it all on his lame ads, can he?
Comment by Jabba the Tutt on “What is Pete Stark talking about?”
Posted by: Jabba the Tutt | August 07, 2005 at 10:10 AM