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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:12 PM Original message |
End of third parties? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope not. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree. One of the third parties will fill in the void left by the GOP. n/t |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Third-party candidates got enough to keep Michelle Bachmann in her seat, |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. many states require them to run in the higher up races |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Candidates don't get votes |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. No |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Without runoff thresholds there will be no viable 3rd parties. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Third parties can become the first or second party when there are realignments. |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. The problem with all the thrid parties we have |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. One of the only issues that the Democrats and Republiks agree on. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, just that third parties should start doing what they used to do |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. states require them to run for up ballot races |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Good point... and those laws were passed by both Rs and Ds |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. here in NC |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Their place in the sun? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. No, read about the Grangers |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Did third parties ever BEGIN? n/t |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. not in Ga they didn't |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Yes, let me mention one that you are familiar with |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. we need more than ever to abolish the two-corporate-party system |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't like the idea of third parties anymore. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Or, |
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