elrod's blog http://unity08.com/blog/752 en Revenge of the Independents? http://unity08.com/blog_independents <p><em>The author is a frequent contributor to <a href="http://www.themoderatevoice.com" target="blank">The Moderate Voice</a> where this posting first appeared.</em></p> <p>In 1992, disaffected centrists and Independents looked at institutional corruption in Washington and decided that somebody outside the traditional two-party structure needed to shake up American politics. Ross Perot filled that void, and for a period between April and August 1992, he threatened to become the first third-party President in the history of the Republic.</p> <p><a href="http://unity08.com/blog_independents">read more</a></p> http://unity08.com/blog_independents#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2024 14:37:00 -0700 elrod 469 at http://unity08.com