Third party candidates usually don`t get a
whole lot of media coverage unless they`re predicted to make a huge difference. Nonetheless, there has been plenty mention of Johnson, and other third party candidates. For example, here`s an interesting article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...dential-bid-a-real-factor-or-just-a-footnote/
This was something that caught my eye:
I think that`s why sometimes third party candidates don`t have a huge impact. Everyone realizes they won`t win, so while they think the third party candidate is the better candidate than the Democrat and Republican candidates, they see that their vote needs to count for something, and they decide to vote for who they think is the 2nd best candidate. I`m not saying this is good or bad, but I think this is very common. But yet, if everyone thinks that the third party candidate won`t win, and they decide to vote for the 2nd best candidate, then of course the third party candidate won`t win. It`s a catch-22 situation.
That`s quite the list of Generals and Admirals. Only 5 endorsed Obama, 1 Major, 2 Generals, and 2 Admirals. I can`t say I`m surprised most endorsed Romney, but I would have thought Obama would have had a few more endorse him. I wonder if this will make much of a difference or not.