07-22-2016, 09:13 PM
(07-22-2016, 08:51 PM)wildcats forever Wrote: Maybe he thought (albeit altruistically) he could halt the Dems rush to the right, and restore some progressive ideals back into the Party. Or....maybe he considered how history has treated 3rd party candidates, and believed winning as a Democrat seemed more 'possible'.
I am inclined to believe the latter. Third-party candidates have done well to make both major parties talk about a particular issue, which may have been helpful. But I don't think it would've done much this election cycle.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
