A Perfect Storm; Conditions for Third Party President, May Become a Reality to Save the United States from Crony-Capitalism, Which is Destroying the Nation:

A Perfect Storm; Conditions for Third Party President, May Become a Reality to Save the United States from Crony-Capitalism, Which is Destroying the Nation:

By Marc Chamot  

Days of American politicians taking VOTERS for granted, could be over in 2012. The Wall Street Journal came out with an accurate article about this, being the right timing for a third party in U.S. politics.

In Wall Street’s article, called Americans as being ‘Antsy,’ the REAL meaning of antsy; [ˈæntsɪ] means Informal, restless, nervous, and impatient. But, I wouldn’t go as far calling American voters as antsy; I’d go further, I’d more likely call them Angry, LIVID and in a state of disbelief, dumbfounded, and shocked as to what they are witnessing, with the corruptive going-on in Washington D.C. and with their elected officials.

According to Wall Street, “When Ross Perot First Ran, 39% Were Dissatisfied; Today It's 81%. And 'Something Is Going to Explode'

The nation's dismay with Washington turns up in an array of polling results. To understand why the moment may be ripe for a real surprise next November, consider just these numbers: Ross Perot, who won nearly one in five votes in 1992 to become the most successful independent candidate in modern presidential politics, ran at a moment when 39% of Americans said they were dissatisfied with how the nation was being governed. Today, Gallup reports, 81% are saying they are dissatisfied.”

I was one of those Ross Perrot supporters back then, doing one of those signature drives for the Ross Perrot for President, ballot initiative drives in California. And tell me about it, those were the ‘good times’, I had a good job then, and I was still unhappy with Washington.

But economically speaking, it wasn’t that bad then, but the anger was still there. However, today it’s an economical titanic nightmare, a complete disaster and chaos now, compared to what it was back then.

The current national MOOD is very angry, but virtually silent and it's scary. We’re witnessing silent majorities of angry Americans who want change and most who are not accustomed to seeing their usual politics, or parties being uprooted from its proverbial norm.

The voter’s angry backlash towards their politicians began in 2006 Midterms and it hasn’t stopped. Americans in general, are getting FED-UP and are angry, and very unhappy in seeing their nation falling to pieces. I have never seen this country this unhappy as it is now!

There are tens of thousands of American bloggers and websites commentators in all stripes, like the Marc Chamot Report, who are constantly pointing out their angers, and who are being noisy and very boisterous about what’s going on in Washington. It’s all, a tell-tale sign that things aren’t going too well in D. C. Ville or for this nation. 

All this national anger is not all directed on Democrats; it’s directed more towards the GOP/Republicans, because they have shown they aren’t for all Americans as they should be.

If Republicans were truly popular, they’d be running away with it in the polls, but they are not.

The FACT IS, Americans are angrier that they don’t have any alternative to Democrats, other than the same old tried and tired insane policies of the GOP. That is the national mood, I am seeing.

“Pollsters and politicians of both parties say those and a slate of similar findings show that voters have become unusually open to an independent presidential run next year. Over half of voters now tell Gallup that a third party is needed, up from 40% in 2003. Seven in 10 think the country is on the wrong track. Faith in the two parties is scraping all-time lows.”

Antsy Voters Look for a Third Way “So far, no national figure has stepped forward to run outside the two-party system. But some veteran pollsters say public disenchantment is so strong that someone is bound to try to fill the vacuum.

And the opportunity is only likely to grow, they say, with the collapse this week of Congress's bipartisan deficit-cutting committee, which many read as another sign of Washington's inability to solve problems.

However, Mr. Donald Trump came close to reinvigorate that fire into angry Americans, when he spoke the truths about China and outsourcing of jobs abroad, those that are KILLING the American economy, productivity and JOBS.

"There's just too much unrest out there for this to be put back in the box," said Democratic pollster Peter Hart. "Something is going to explode."

Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, told a political forum earlier this month that unless both parties change, an independent "fed-up" candidate is inevitable in 2012.

The bigger problem with both Parties in power, they have been OUTED through their actions of inactions, and we the VOTERS, are not as DUMB as they think we are. Most of those politicians have shown to whom their loyalties really are for, and it’s not for individual American’s best interests.

Take the Democrats for example, practically EVERY jobs bill, or bailouts that President Obama and the Democratic congress have proposed, adding on to the deficit and at taxpayer’s expense, has been to save federal, state and local government, public employees and their union’s careers, but nothing towards helping the private sectors, which’s been decimated the most.

We can see through all of this phoniness and facades, people in general are seeing all the malarkey that is being played out right in front of their eyes in U.S. congress, people are questioning, as to why is Obama helping save over glorified teachers jobs, fire and police, who already receive above average salaries, and benefits, and retirements that most Americans will never experience in their lifetimes.

People are seeing all the pandering, like Obama and Democrats with illegal aliens, and the unapologetic GOP/Republicans have their nasty baggage too, and in some ways it much bigger and worse than Democrats. GOP has never apologized for creating anti-jobs policies such as NAFTA AND WTO’S, outsourcing millions of American jobs abroad, China, under the guise of consumerism, which in fact, was to elevate profit levels for their corporate partners.  

And GOP’s knack of wanting to protect millionaires and billionaires from paying higher taxes, or closing lucrative tax loopholes that lets them get away from paying billions of dollars, while wanting to keep the Wall Street military industrial complex wealthy, while going after our Medicare, Social Security, Food Stamps and unemployment is beyond disbelief, its dumbfounding!

“A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that 18% of likely voters would support Mr. Paul in a three-way race against President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, giving the president a wider lead over Mr. Romney than in a two-man race. The level of support for Mr. Paul in that scenario astonished Mr. Hart and Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted the survey.

The country has seen upstart presidential bids before: George Wallace in 1968; John Anderson in 1980; Mr. Perot in 1992 and 1996, to name a few. In 2000, Ralph Nader got less than 3% of the national vote, but his tally in some states—Florida, above all—may have tipped the election.

But by nearly all metrics, the political atmosphere is fouler now than even in 1992, when Mr. Perot ran on opposition to federal deficit spending and the North American Free Trade Agreement.

At one point, a Gallup survey showed Mr. Perot leading then-President George H.W. Bush and then-Gov. Bill Clinton. "What we saw then pales in comparison to the anger and frustration now," said Stan Greenberg, who conducted polling for Mr. Clinton's 1992 campaign. "Both parties are crashing in popularity at the same time. It's a race to the bottom."


But there's a strong possibility that a challenger will emerge to take on the two parties' nominees, if only because a new group called Americans Elect is working to assure national ballot access for an independent candidate to be picked in June.

Third-party candidates always struggle to gather the signatures and clear the hurdles needed to put themselves before voters in all 50 states. With thousands of volunteers and a bankroll of over $20 million—most of it from rich donors—Americans Elect is doing that work up front. The group is on eight state ballots now and is shooting to be on more than half by the end of the year.

"We are reimagining the way we nominate a presidential ticket," said Kahlil Byrd, the group's chief executive officer and a onetime Democratic operative in Massachusetts.

Formed by a collection of disenchanted former political operatives and campaign donors, the nonprofit group claims to have aroused interest among dozens of politicians, business executives and former military officers, though it declines to mention any names. The group says it will select its candidate through a public, online convention in June. The winner will be required to pick a running mate from a different party, then fund and organize his or her own campaign.

Republican strategist Mark McKinnon, who is advising the group, said some of the names popping up include former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, none of whom have given any public hint they are eyeing a run.

Donald Trump says he is prepared to fund his own campaign starting next spring "if he is not satisfied with who the Republican nominee is" and doesn't believe that person can beat Mr. Obama, says the real estate mogul's aide, Michael Cohen. Mr. Trump has made a number of similar feints in the past.

Talk of third-party presidential bids gives most Republicans a chill. Even a centrist independent, they fear, would sap votes from the Republican nominee and grease the way for Mr. Obama's re-election.

"I can see very clearly how the ground is ripe for this," says Ms. Conway, the Republican pollster. "But in no way would it be good for us."

The conditions do exist, but the real question we’ve got to ask, is, do Americans have the energy and care badly enough to do it? And that’s the million dollar question, waiting to be answered, and who else has that Donald Trump stature that can do it? It’s a let’s wait and see type of question, isn’t it?