The upcoming election for U.S. President has understandably generated many recent threads. When I pondered creating this one a little Minimalist immediately perched himself on my shoulder and screamed in my ear the futility of 3rd party/independent runs for office. Despite the sage advice, I think there is a real potential considering the current candidate pool. What follows is a pipe dream and will never happen.
The independent ticket, if enacted tomorrow, that I think would have a real chance of winning is Sanders-Paul. Despite well ahead in New Hampshire (home field advantage) and having had a great deal of success closing the poll gaps elsewhere Sanders has no real chance of securing the nomination. Anybody that thinks his involvement changes the conversation is smoking better shit than me. Rand Paul is a GOP pariah with the current field, but I think has pull with traditional GOP voters not aligned with the Tea Party movement.
Sanders and Paul are the only two adults in the conversation regarding foreign policy; despite some differences in details they are strangely aligned. Another piece of common ground, albeit for slightly different reasons, are their approaches to the Federal Reserve.
I'm reminded of the old Tommy Lasorda (baseball hall of fame manager) quote saying that a team wins a third, loses a third, and success or failure depends on the other third. I think a Sanders-Paul ticket would have the potential of not only locking up the middle third, but surprisingly poach enough votes from the other thirds to be viable.
The independent ticket, if enacted tomorrow, that I think would have a real chance of winning is Sanders-Paul. Despite well ahead in New Hampshire (home field advantage) and having had a great deal of success closing the poll gaps elsewhere Sanders has no real chance of securing the nomination. Anybody that thinks his involvement changes the conversation is smoking better shit than me. Rand Paul is a GOP pariah with the current field, but I think has pull with traditional GOP voters not aligned with the Tea Party movement.
Sanders and Paul are the only two adults in the conversation regarding foreign policy; despite some differences in details they are strangely aligned. Another piece of common ground, albeit for slightly different reasons, are their approaches to the Federal Reserve.
I'm reminded of the old Tommy Lasorda (baseball hall of fame manager) quote saying that a team wins a third, loses a third, and success or failure depends on the other third. I think a Sanders-Paul ticket would have the potential of not only locking up the middle third, but surprisingly poach enough votes from the other thirds to be viable.
