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To: Road Walker who wrote (95)	6/15/2005 8:18:06 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 492

The problem is that when the third party doesn't win, it either is totally marginalized, or it hurts the party that it draws the most supporters from. Even a party trying to be in the middle will probably resemble one party more than the other at any given time which can throw the election to the party most distant from the new party. The party can push an agenda, if it catches on to the groundswell of a new idea first, or if it finds an underrepresented constituency. It might then move one or both major parties to look at its idea, but it won't generally cause a major move by both parties to the center. And I don't think introducing massive taxes and tax credits depending on a car's gas mileage either needs a new party, or is likely to cause either main party to make a major move. SS reform is a bigger issue but the specific proposals mentioned here don't need a new party either, and probably won't be helped much by any new party. Tim