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TOPIC: Introducing the 3rd Party Candidates for 2012: Romney, Palin, Clinton, & More (HuffPo 2/16/10)

Jen the Michigander

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Date: Feb 17, 2010

Introducing the 3rd Party Candidates for 2012: Romney, Palin, Clinton, & More (HuffPo 2/16/10)	Permalink

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-altucher/introducing-the-third-par_b_435523.html Other than the massive infrastructures that have been created by the two major parties, America is slowly losing its grip on a divided two party ideology, with massive fractures and fissures creating a thousand little cracks in both parties. The distinctions between red and blue, between liberal and conservative are no longer clear. This was evident even in the last Presidential election, when candidate Obama sided with Bush on pushing the TARP bill through while McCain stood aside silently and let his party divide in half. Which was the conservative side and which was the liberal side? Unclear. What is Democrat and what is Republican now when it comes to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran? Unclear. Even on issues such as pro-choice and same sex marriage, many Democrats and Republicans find themselves divided not on party lines but on constituent lines. We also have entrenched leaders of both parties that are not as forthcoming in terms of letting everyone in under the fold. Republicans had more tolerance at one point (tolerating candidates who were unclear on issues like pro-choice (Reagan and Bush I) as did Democrats (allowing the conservative wing of the party, led by Bill Clinton, take over. However, unlike prior years with a third party, we won't see just one third party. There are too many ideologies, and too much money sloshing around each radically different philosophy. But the nature of campaigning will be moved from the television sets and the streets to the Internet and debate forums and the groups with the largest momentum (based on charisma, name recognition, and ideology) will be able to compete with the two large parties and have a voice in the national arena. Here's who can be third party leaders and why. Several prominent political figures are described here, and I recommend reading the entire article. But seeing as how this is Hillary's forum, I will focus on her... Hilary Clinton is an interesting choice. She and Bill controlled the Democratic party for almost two decades so its hard to imagine her bolting the party. But if there is enough dissatisfaction with Obama she might come across as the only viable alternative even though Obama has got the party locked up in terms of pushing his own nomination in 2012. The only place she might be able to take her 18mm voters (the number of voters who voted for her in the Democratic primaries in 2008) would be to a third party. And despite her laying low right now as a loyal Secretary of State, she desperately believes she is the best person for the job and wants her chance to shine. Perhaps the Blue Dog Democrats would bolt to form their own party and make Hilary their leader. Bill Clinton in the early 90s was head of the Democratic Leadership Council, which the Blue Dog Democrats currently resemble. __________________ Nobody puts THIS baby in the corner!

Hillarysmygirl16

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Hillary KNOWS she's the person for the job and will never become a third party candidate. Hillary knows that Obama is not going to run unless he can win. She also knows that it may be impossible for BO to prove to America that he knows what he is doing? __________________

Hillarysmygirl16

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Date: Feb 18, 2010

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bump for Hillary in 2012 __________________

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