Third Party Set To Win

... in New York's 23rd District (http://en.wikipedia.org...), especially after the Republican candidate bowed out of the race and endorsed the Democrats (http://www.politico.com...).

The third party in question is the little-known Conservative Party of New York (http://en.wikipedia.org...), a right-wing party (obviously) which has or had several seats in the state legislature, but as far as I know, never any seats federally.

What, exactly, will this do to the national psyche of the US, and especially the Republican party, which is all but standing on its own legs? Given that there may be a successful and popular alternative to them, if the Conservatives are able to get popular leaders and ideas (this may be their first step), could we see a slight reorder of American politics? Or even if the Conservatives are not the answer, will the effect of seeing the Republicans falter in the face of a minor party damage their reputation enough to send traditional supporters to other federal parties already established, such as the Constitution Party?

I doubt it. You don't see Comrade Sanders hurting the Democrats, do you?

The Conservative Party is generally run by Republicans when they don't like their candidate who is representing them. So for the most part, the Conservative Party is an extension of the Republican Party.

At 11/2/2009 5:29:38 PM, Volkov wrote:
... in New York's 23rd District (http://en.wikipedia.org...), especially after the Republican candidate bowed out of the race and endorsed the Democrats (http://www.politico.com...).

The third party in question is the little-known Conservative Party of New York (http://en.wikipedia.org...), a right-wing party (obviously) which has or had several seats in the state legislature, but as far as I know, never any seats federally.

What, exactly, will this do to the national psyche of the US, and especially the Republican party, which is all but standing on its own legs? Given that there may be a successful and popular alternative to them, if the Conservatives are able to get popular leaders and ideas (this may be their first step), could we see a slight reorder of American politics? Or even if the Conservatives are not the answer, will the effect of seeing the Republicans falter in the face of a minor party damage their reputation enough to send traditional supporters to other federal parties already established, such as the Constitution Party?

He is more republican than anything....

His views are a mix between rep. and lib., therefore he chose Indi.

It is all good, i liked the rep. better, she felt like the more conservative one.
He is more moderate, but hey it shows the power of palin.

At 11/2/2009 5:40:26 PM, mongoose wrote:
The Conservative Party is generally run by Republicans when they don't like their candidate who is representing them. So for the most part, the Conservative Party is an extension of the Republican Party.

I don't know about that... they may be run by former Republicans, but former Republicans doesn't equal Republicans, aye. It equals disaffected conservative supporters who don't like the current incarnation of the GOP, and rightly so.

If this is just one strain of disaffected Republicans, where will the rest go?

to second commoncents

I heard that the lady who dropped out was a very moderate rep. whose only real claim to fame amongst rep.s was being pro gun. The other guy was a disgruntled conservative rep. who got other repubs. disgruntled, and they were going to split the vote, so she dropped out, probably with pressure from the repub. party.

This can hardly be considered a breakthrough of a third party being that conservatives have had massive influence in the republican party for a good long while.

oops that wasn't commonsense, I meant mongoose.

ooh, but she endorsed the dems. that's interesting...

I'd say that that is more of a split than the conservative guy, for as I said she was probably under lots of pressure from local repb. heads to drop out.

Actually, William F. Buckley's brother, James Buckley, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1970 from the Conservative Party.

Good to know that the 'absolutely crazy' section of New York is being represented.