[mburbank]

1.) I think it could only work if someone way more charismatic than anyone I'm currently aware of, or able to show a newer bolder side arrived on the seen. There is a HUGE amount of untapped anger with the way things get done politically out there, but someone has to have the stones to tap it and the brains to do something with it. It will take a mountain of support to deal any sort of blow, even a small one, to the amount of money the entrenched parties can tap into.

2.) At this point I might well vote for a third party on principal, even if I didn't whole heartedly embrace their platform. It woud depend on what they were digging into, votewise. If voting for a third party increased the chances of a Republican endorsed by the current bunch (The Neoncon and their money machine) I wouldn't do it. But I am far too disgusted with the Democrats to vote for one just to beat a Republican, if that Republican looked less dangerous to the country and constitution than Ol' W.