Bernie Sanders running for re-election

[rogue06]

Ross Perot had a pretty good shot at it, until he dropped out and got back in the race. That turned a lot of his supporters off.

Abraham Lincoln was essentially a third party candidate, but that election was rather an exception to the norm.

That was pretty much right before the 2 party system obtained its death grip on the process. IIRC there were at least 4 major parties vying for the presidency when Lincoln won.

[One Bad Pig]

That was pretty much right before the 2 party system obtained its death grip on the process. IIRC there were at least 4 major parties vying for the presidency when Lincoln won.

Sorta. The Democrats couldn't unite around a single candidate, and so ran 2. They were really the only major party at the time, as the Whig party had pretty much dissolved by that point, and it was only the second Presidential election cycle for the Republicans. There were about 4 candidates who got significant votes, complicated by the fact that not all candidates were on all ballots.

I don't think the Whigs ever managed to claim a majority of either congressional house, though they managed to get a handful of presidents elected. They were the only opposition to the Democrats, however, after the Federalists went out with a whimper.

[Terraceth]

Salon published this article on Bernie's running for re-election as an independent. The article is pretty meh (it is Salon, after all), but the final paragraph of the thing is pure gold. Behold:

Source: Salon

Just because the DNC was wrong for rigging the primaries against Sanders doesn't mean Sanders is right today for not acting in good faith toward the Democratic Party.

© Copyright Original Source

I mean, for however much the DNC (though not necessarily the party as a whole) screwed him over, I believe he did promise that he would seek re-election as a Democrat when he ran for the Democratic candidacy, and he's apparently reneging on that.

[Zymologist]

I mean, for however much the DNC (though not necessarily the party as a whole) screwed him over, I believe he did promise that he would seek re-election as a Democrat when he ran for the Democratic candidacy, and he's apparently reneging on that.

Ah, wasn't aware of that. Thanks.

[demi-conservative]

Salon published this article on Bernie's running for re-election as an independent. The article is pretty meh (it is Salon, after all), but the final paragraph of the thing is pure gold. Behold:

Source: Salon

Just because the DNC was wrong for rigging the primaries against Sanders doesn't mean Sanders is right today for not acting in good faith toward the Democratic Party.

© Copyright Original Source

Do it!!!

[Sparko]

Trump is for all purposes an Independent. The Republican party pretty much abandoned him during the primaries and even now a good chunk of the Republicans don't like or will work with him.

[tabibito]

I mean, for however much the DNC (though not necessarily the party as a whole) screwed him over, I believe he did promise that he would seek re-election as a Democrat when he ran for the Democratic candidacy, and he's apparently reneging on that.

Uh-huh. Did he know (at the time he made that commitment) that the DNC had thrown him under the bus? Reneging would seem to be entirely in order.