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Red said:
After Romney's speech today, and the reaction to it, we may be seeing the splintering of the GOP. I don't know if that means a third party, but one is becoming two. Romney's speech was an incredible, jaw dropping attack on Trump. Await Trump's reply. Questioned Trump's stability.
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Hopefully the more middle ground Rs leave and are joined by the more middle road Ds and we see a third party being born. One can only hope.
 
I posted this elsewhere, but I see three groups in the country right now:

The white trash/uneducated/foodstamp/Trump group.

The establishment/Wall Street/Hillary/Romney group

The more forward thinking Ron Paul/Bernie/middle class group.

We know the third group won't win this year. It will be interesting to see who takes over: The bottom or the top.

It will also be interesting to see if the middle class can bind together and get someone that represents them before they disappear.
 
Red said:
I think that is a plausible dynamic at this point.
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Trump wins and the GOP splits. Clinton wins and then gets indicted and faces criminal charges.

The more moderate Rs and Ds get disgusted and form the American/Freedom/Prosperity/Whatever Party.

Once the 2 party mold is broken it's broken and that is something that is huge for America.
 
Stoked said:
Trump wins and the GOP splits. Clinton wins and then gets indicted and faces criminal charges.

The more moderate Rs and Ds get disgusted and form the American/Freedom/Prosperity/Whatever Party.

Once the 2 party mold is broken it's broken and that is something that is huge for America.
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I wished it wasn't a 2 party system but an individual system. People would have less prejudices of voting one individual or the other because I like his policies but he's "on the other side". It would encourage more people to actually look into the candidate's policies more deeply imo. For instance I like Bernie's non-interventionist foreign policy which doesn't make me a dem, socialist or what you will.
 
Stoked said:
Trump wins and the GOP splits. Clinton wins and then gets indicted and faces criminal charges.

The more moderate Rs and Ds get disgusted and form the American/Freedom/Prosperity/Whatever Party.

Once the 2 party mold is broken it's broken and that is something that is huge for America.
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Would love a realistic third contender
 
Jamezz said:
I wished it wasn't a 2 party system but an individual system. People would have less prejudices of voting one individual or the other because I like his policies but he's "on the other side". It would encourage more people to actually look into the candidate's policies more deeply imo. For instance I like Bernie's non-interventionist foreign policy which doesn't make me a dem, socialist or what you will.
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I agree. There is a reason why Ron Paul said Bernie was the closest to a libertarian out of all the candidates.

Quit looking at the D or the R and look at what they have done and what they want to do. You'd be surprised how often you vote Republican....AND....Democrat.

Hell, you might even vote Republican AND Democrat on the SAME BALLOT.
 
Stoked said:
Hopefully the more middle ground Rs leave and are joined by the more middle road Ds and we see a third party being born. One can only hope.
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This would be the least inspiring party ever. And would stand for sweet **** all except getting elected.
 
JimLes said:
This would be the least inspiring party ever. And would stand for sweet **** all except getting elected.
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Depends on how it was done. just canning it is pretty lame and fits into the current atmosphere we have.
 
I am so ready for a third party, even if I don't agree with them. I think guys like Romney, Paul Ryan, John Huntsman, John Kasich, they could all benefit from a moderate third party, and so could a lot of democrats. The republicans need to get past the idea that they have to pander to a conservative base. I am so sick of the candidates like Cruz and Trump.
 
b_line said:
I am so ready for a third party, even if I don't agree with them. I think guys like Romney, Paul Ryan, John Huntsman, John Kasich, they could all benefit from a moderate third party, and so could a lot of democrats. The republicans need to get past the idea that they have to pander to a conservative base. I am so sick of the candidates like Cruz and Trump.
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I want a 3rd party that brings actual change, for the better or for the worse. Either reduce the government drastically (the best option), or increase it drastically. If increased drastically I have faith that this would be an eye opener to the people and then we'd probably have a true and much needed revolutionary movement. America has been put through the frog experiment for too long.
 
Stoked said:
Depends on how it was done. just canning it is pretty lame and fits into the current atmosphere we have.
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I'm canning it based on the parameters you introduced. You said the party should be made out of wishy-washy members of both current parties, and I'm wondering why you think that would end up creating anything but a wishy-washy party.

Being moderate or centrist isn't a position. It's just being afraid to take a position.
 
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