{"id":32620,"date":"2016-02-29T19:47:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32620"},"modified":"2016-02-29T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T01:34:13","slug":"a-third-party-now-looks-inevitable-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32620","title":{"rendered":"A Third Party Now Looks Inevitable In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Santa Rosa, CA<br \/>\nFebruary 29, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>So many factors are conspiring to form a new political party<br \/>\nthis election year.<\/p>\n<p>The emergence of Donald Trump as a Republican will likely<br \/>\nlead to the end of the GOP as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>He has served as a wrecking ball by appealing to the millions<br \/>\nof disaffected voters in both parties who are backing him in large<br \/>\npart because he is not a regular DC politician.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, he may prove to be a tyrant if he wins the White House.<br \/>\nBut the rest of the competition who have little to no credibility are<br \/>\nlosing out to the New York novice.<\/p>\n<p>The demise of Jeb Bush is as dramatic as any recent political\u00a0event&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;except for the rise of The Donald!<\/p>\n<p>Ross Perot and Ron Paul got close to doing in the recent past\u00a0what Trump appears to be doing successfully now: orchestrate\u00a0the deep resentment against both Washington and most of\u00a0those holding high party positions.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow being Super Tuesday, we are about to see the icing\u00a0put on the cake and the rout of the remaining few who are\u00a0relying on negativity in a desperate, last-minute attempt to slow\u00a0Trump down.<\/p>\n<p>Since that will not work, those with power within the party along<br \/>\nwith their donors are scrambling to distance themselves from him.<\/p>\n<p>From Mitch McConnell to the Koch Brothers, from countless media<br \/>\npundits and petty pols predicting disaster and to Daddy Bush giving<br \/>\nTrump the &#8220;cut-throat&#8221; signal of disapproval, either a brokered<br \/>\nconvention and\/or a third-party candidacy seem all but inevitable.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32486\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32486<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, the process is less controversial but still<br \/>\nsubject to major problems not the least of which is that Hillary<br \/>\nClinton represents the establishment elements in her party and she<br \/>\nis currently the subject of numerous investigations including one for<br \/>\nespionage related to her private e-mail account.<\/p>\n<p>With many in the Sanders camp unable to hold their nose and vote<br \/>\nfor her in November, a revolt of some sort by the Occupy Wall Street<br \/>\nwing seems likely as well.<\/p>\n<p>In formulating my unity platform for the American Peace Party (APP),<br \/>\nI did my best to anticipate these developments so that a simple<br \/>\nagenda bridging the vast divide within the two mainstream<br \/>\ngroupings could serve as a winning formula should events proceed<br \/>\nas anticipated. <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will leave it to the reader to contemplate how well I did in that<br \/>\neffort and to reflect on my suggestions as events play out in the<br \/>\ndays ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32264\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32264<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32557\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32557<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/gop-senator-i-believe-there-will-be-more-candidates-that-enter-this-race\/article\/2001330\">http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/gop-senator-i-believe-there-will-be-more-candidates-that-enter-this-race\/article\/2001330<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/polizette\/the-suicide-of-the-gop-establishment\/\">http:\/\/www.lifezette.com\/polizette\/the-suicide-of-the-gop-establishment\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}