Steve Kornacki, news editor of Salon, has this column in the August 14 New York Post. It says that the presidential election of 2012 has much in common with the past presidential elections of 1980 and 1992, two elections in which voters were unusually interested in a presidential campaign outside of the two major parties.
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I wish we’d get ourselves another John Anderson! Not so much a Perot. An Anderson could get young people energized. Build a Progressive Party like Anderson should’ve done 30 years ago.
I was just thinking that 2012 & 1992 were pretty similar…
He’s partially correct, except that right now there isn’t an actual candidate/forerunner In a third party that is grabbing widespread attention. Americans Elect is getting lots of time in the limelight, but they aren’t going to put forth a candidate until summer of 2012.
I predict that Trump is showing his feathers for a potential third party run for President if the Republicans elect somebody he doesn’t like. That will leave me scratching my head for sure!
How about 2012 === 1860 ???
Think Civil WAR II ???
A high percentage of folks [25-40 ???] are now getting ALL of their income from govt spending — govt employees, contractors, welfare, interest gangs.
See for example the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 — setup for World War II.