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The New York Times Discusses Potential Third-Party Candidates

The article was prompted by Jon Huntsman’s recent comments about the need for a third party.

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on Thursday, Mr. Huntsman — who has endorsed Mitt Romney for president — said that the political system was “broken” and that a third party may be the only way to fix it.

“I think we’re going to have problems politically until we get some sort of third-party movement or some voice out there that can put forth new ideas,” Mr. Huntsman said. “Someone’s going to step up at some point and say, ‘We’ve had enough of this.’ The real issues are not being addressed, and it’s time that we put forward an alternative vision, a bold thinking. We might not win, but we can certainly influence the debate.”

Mr. Huntsman said a third candidate in the presidential race would be a “healthy thing” — not part of the script that Mr. Romney’s campaign would have approved. But Mr. Huntsman said that he was not anyone’s surrogate despite his endorsement.

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3 Comments

  1. Upstartgreen March 8, 2012

    Excerpt from NYT:
    Money would clearly be a problem for Ms. Stein or anyone who gets the Green Party backing. That’s because they would start out with little name recognition, but also because Ms. Stein (and presumably her rivals) reject the kind of wooing of moneyed interests that donate to the other parties.
    So go to http://www.jillstein.org and donate

  2. paulie March 8, 2012

    It mentions Jill Stein of the Green Party, although it says Nader’s 2000 run was a “personality based” campaign like his independent runs, Perot’s runs, etc.

  3. No mention of Gary Johnson (or any LP candidates) in the article. It’s a RIGGED system !

    The CFR, Clinton, Obama, Rockefeller, Romney – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA_CfSbhNrA&NR=1&feature=endscreen

    David Rockefeller’s Shocking Confession – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8zWLOnNe6o&feature=related

    Controversial/T-Shirts/Village Idiot > http://www.lpstuff.com/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=674

    This Change Sucks MP – http://www.lpstuff.com/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=639

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