Third Party Candidate

Romney Goes Double Negative

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2012

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At some point in the past, most mainstream political observers, against all evidence to the contrary, came to the belief that President Barack Obama i...

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Americans Elect Continues To Fail At The Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2012

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At some point today, the folks behind Americans Elect -- the super whiz-bang effort to get an anthropomorphic Thomas Friedman column elected president...

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Group Gives Up Third Party Quest

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A private organization established to run a third-party candidate in this year's presidential elections has thrown in the towel, saying ...

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The Disunited States: Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.20.2012

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The United States isn't a couple. We can't get a divorce. There's no simple way out of the conflict we're in other than to undertake the difficult task of stopping the bullying. After all, the bullies are a minority.

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Americans Elect Having Trouble Finding Americans Who Want To Elect

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2012

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Americans Elect, as you likely already know, is a goofy, secretive little group with a unique view on how to go about starting a third-party candidacy...

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We Need More Independent-Minded Voters

David M. Walker | Posted 04.21.2012

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I was honored and humbled that syndicated columnist Tom Friedman this week suggested I consider running for president, putting me forward as a third choice to voters. But our need is bigger than for me -- or any other third-party candidate

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The Radical Center We Don't Need

Robert Kuttner | Posted 04.20.2012

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A secretive independent party financed by hedge fund and private equity plutocrats is not only a blight on the democratic process. It could end up being a dangerous wild card in a momentous election.

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How Many 'Third Parties' Will There Be In 2012?

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 04.14.2012

If the remarkable pattern of monthly Republican frontrunner changes had structural reasons, then the pattern could be repeated in the general election campaign, with potentially several minor party candidates rising in polls.

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Gary Johnson: 'Mickey Mouse Would Poll 15 Percent Against Obama And Romney'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 01.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has no qualms about running as a third party candidate, telling HuffPost in a recent int...

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Why Voters Need A Third Party Option

John Bruhns | Posted 03.02.2012

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Americans can no longer afford to be forced to choose between the lesser of two evil candidates who pit the private sector against the public sector, set the rich against the poor, and maintain a climate of political and social unrest.

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Tarot Politico's 2012 Predictions

Tarot Politico | Posted 02.28.2012

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In this overview spread for 2012, the card in the center signifies the general theme of the upcoming year. The World card is auspicious, representing happiness, wholeness, consummate success, fulfillment, and attainment.

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2012: The Year of the Independent?

Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Posted 02.04.2012

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In an environment of unprecedented political gridlock in Washington and broad-based dissatisfaction with the leading candidates of both parties, 2012 may finally be the year when an independent candidate becomes president of the United States.

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Is Jon Huntsman Considering A Third Party Run? No.

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2011

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Is Jon Huntsman mulling a some sort of independent or third party run for President? This headline, over at the State seems pretty definitive: "Jon Hu...

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Speculation Builds Over Potential Third-Party Runs

The Los Angeles Times | Michael A. Memoli | Posted 11.30.2011

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The Republican race for president seems -- for the moment -- to be increasingly a contest between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. And with fewer than f...

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The False Promise of a Third-Party Candidacy

Bill Schneider | Posted 01.21.2012

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Is there a market for a third party candidate in 2012? Absolutely. Self-described Independent voters are a growing category, more numerous than either Democrats or Republicans, according to Gallup.

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Americans Elect Wants To Be On Presidential Ballot, But Won't ID Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.02.2012

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Americans Elect, a group trying to launch a third-party presidential ticket, was accused by a prominent campaign watchdog Wednesday of violating tax a...

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Could Third-Party Tremors Result in a 2012 Political Earthquake?

Matthew Dowd | Posted 10.24.2011

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There is a lot of time between now and the general election, and many things can change. But we are in very unusual times, and it wouldn't be out of the question for a serious third party candidate to hit our political system in 2012.

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If There Ever Was a Moment When a Third Party Would Have a Chance to Win, This Is It

Ed Koch | Posted 10.01.2011

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About a year ago, whenever the name of President Obama came up, the near-universal word used by people I know who had worked hard for him in the 2008 campaign was "disappointment."

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Sharron Angle Not The Only Senate Candidate Coping With Third Party Menace

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, embarrassing audio surfaced in the midst of the Nevada Senate race, showing Republican candidate Sharron Angle personally pleading with an ...

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Evan Bayh Predicts Third-Party Candidate Could Win Presidency: 'Ross Perot Moment'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Falcone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who announced he would retire from his U.S. Senate seat at the end of his term, is already looking into his 2012 election cry...

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2012 Is Here: Let the Games Begin!

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011

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The question is: Is Evan Bayh really getting out of the game, or just starting it?

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New Jersey Independent Governor Candidate Chris Daggett Is 'Screwed'

Joe Territo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Days after The Star-Ledger endorsed independent candidate for governor of New Jersey Chris Daggett, the newspaper's Brian Donahue filed this Ledger Li...

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New Study Shows that Children Who Play Educational Video Games Wrongly Believe 'Education Leads to Success'

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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"There was an astonishingly high percentage of misinformed children who are in for a real surprise," said STAThead executive Bill Myers.

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Libertarian Barr Stumps in N.C.: Palin an Example of the Arrogance of Mainstream Politics

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --Bob Barr's campaign for president would be funny if it weren't so serious. Whereas McCain rallies draw thousands, and Obama rall...

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Conservatives Revisit Third Party

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The same conservative Christian activist who called a meeting last fall to discuss backing a third-party candidate to counter a possible Rudy Giuliani...

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