I think it works just like the Justice Democrats. Remember them. The original plan was not to have a third-party that competed against the democrats, but to have a party that scared the democrats into incorporating their beliefs as a part of main-party platform.
The strategy was not a horrible one and had a significant effect of the democrat party, but it ultimately died down due to a lack of funding. Trump has the support and funding to take the strategy all the way.
The goal is not to actually form a third party, it is to force the republican party to have to negotiate with us, so that they don't lose all their power. It is not to split the vote, but rather to scare them into line.
Do you really think the spineless republicans are willing to play that game. I imagine that at least 50% of them are not in the big cheat to win club. Why would they be, they'd be a loose end, easier to manipulate them into line.
I think it works just like the Justice Democrats. Remember them. The original plan was not to have a third-party that competed against the democrats, but to have a party that scared the democrats into incorporating their beliefs as a part of main-party platform.
The strategy was not a horrible one and had a significant effect of the democrat party, but it ultimately died down due to a lack of funding. Trump has the support and funding to take the strategy all the way.
ask Theodore Roosevelt how that worked out in 1912
The goal is not to actually form a third party, it is to force the republican party to have to negotiate with us, so that they don't lose all their power. It is not to split the vote, but rather to scare them into line.
I realize that.. But who's going to win that game of chicken?
Do you really think the spineless republicans are willing to play that game. I imagine that at least 50% of them are not in the big cheat to win club. Why would they be, they'd be a loose end, easier to manipulate them into line.