Time for some Democratic third-party panic!

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  August 27th at 10:00 AM  | 

Karl over at Hot Air analyzes this WSJ article by Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen about as I would, but I have a couple of things to add. Executive summary of the Caddell/Schoen article: a third party is really, really likely next year! And it’d be good to have! Executive summary of the Hot Air article: no, it’s not really likely. Here, have some links | Read More »

Third-party Hail Marys and the Democratic party.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 8th at 09:00 AM  | 

Very entertaining news from Stu Rothenberg: An unusual number of Democratic candidates running this cycle are basing their victory scenarios on the existence of Independent or third-party candidates in their races. Are their hopes reasonable or are they merely grasping at straws? They’re merely grasping at straws.  To skip ahead a bit: …more often than not, Independents and third-party candidates see their support evaporate as | Read More »