Third Party Candidates Debate

The Bishop!

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are locked in a tight race for the presidency and polls show them in a virtual tie in Virginia, but residents will see three others candidates' names on the ballot come Election Day. Obama and Romney will share the Nov. 6 ballot with:

• Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico
• Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, Jr., a former Virginia congressman
• Green Party candidate Jill Stein, a doctor from Massachusetts

These candidates’ chances of taking the Oval Office are slim, but they could siphon votes from Romney and Obama. In a battleground state like Virginia, that could make a difference in voting totals, some pundits say.


Johnson, Goode and Stein will all participate in a third party presidential debate on Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. To watch the debate, go to freeandequal.org/live.


http://lakeridge.patch.com/articles/third-party-candidates-could-spell-trouble-for-obama-romney-4340e550

This one could turn out to be far more interesting than Romney/Obama.


Any thoughts on how the debate will pan out, how they'll do in November or if, as mentioned above they might have implications in some battleground states like Virginia?

Amerika

Interesting perhaps, but inconsequential.

Duck Soup

Funny enough, the least well-known of them - Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party - could turn out to be the most significant one. As an ex-Republican congressman in his home state of Virginia, he's polling well enough to maybe deprive Romney of a win there by siphoning off a chunk of votes on the right.

20Cent

The third party debate available here. http://youtu.be/5EcaX12h46k
Broadcast by Russia Today.
Debate proper starts at about 1.05.00 lots of chat stuff at the start.

FatherTed

Watched it on Tuesday night and these guys make better points than the other two. I'm toying with the idea of voting for Johnson or Klein.