Mark answers the question of a third party.
Over at Westernjournalism.com, Kriz Zane has written an interesting piece suggesting that the way for conservatives to get out of the Romney predicament is for Sarah Palin to run as an independent. Zane seems to have gone through a genesis on this campaign not unlike my own, in that originally, Sarah Palin was Zane’s chosen candidate, but when that campaign didn’t materialize, the switch ultimately went to Newt Gingrich. What Zane argues, and I’m not entirely certain I agree, is that it seems for some reason that Gingrich is simply not acceptable to too many people, and of course, much like me, Zane finds Romney deplorable at best, and certain to get Obama re-elected. What is a conservative to do? Zane has decided to ask that Sarah Palin seek the presidency as a Tea Party candidate.
Zane sets aside the conventional wisdom that a third-party candidacy would merely split conservatives making it easier for Obama to defeat them. The idea is that Palin would be a transformational figure who would attract support from the Tea Party folks, and effectively make the GOP candidate moot. While it’s an interesting idea, the problem is that I don’t know the mechanics of how one would put such a candidate on the ballots in all fifty states even if the candidate were inclined to run at all, never mind as an independent. Of course, it can be rightly said that Sarah Palin surely has an independent streak, but I think the first step would be to see if the candidate has any such interest, and there’s no word from Zane on that question.
The country is in great peril under the continued Presidency of Barack Obama. It behooves any Republican, whether in-name-only or conservative, to put defeating the sitting
President ahead of his or her own personal agenda.
According to Christie Todd Whitman, a third party is the way to go and Jon Huntsman is her choice. She believes it's unlikely he has much of shot at the GOP nomination. Huntsman wants the nomination as a Republican because he has been a long standing Republican.
Of course, Huntsman isn’t going to rule out going third party either like Ron Paul.
I think a third party is a good idea but after the 2012 elections. It should be the Tea Party that goes third party and to say to heck with the Democrats and Republicans. Neither party are going to change in my opinion. Look at what both parties have thrown at us as nominees, not to mention the corruption in both parties.
