What catalyst would cause a fully independent third party in US politics?

[Mike65]

the Couldn'tgiveafucklican Party.

erablem:

[Reagan.]

Platinum

[Dakota B]

the dissolution of the trilateral commission

[♥kyra♥]

and nothing can be done about it, people just need to realize that.

people won't give a fuck until shit finally hits the fan.

until then, people will care about who got voted off big brother, when the next twilight move is coming out, what new product apple will be releasing, and which celebrity is on the news that week.

[~Duhh Random~]

did you hear, newman died

[King of (screamo) Crunk]

this

[ninjalette]

Problem with the reform party was Perot and Ventura had a pissing match over party leadership, then both walked away from it, and Buchanan put the final nail in it by hijacking their presidential ballot spot

[Jhgjhg]

Perot was polling at almost 40% in July in his first run too, then he quit and reentered the race which fucked him. He still got 19% of the popular vote. In a 3 man race, if he didn't fuck up stupidly like he did, there was a good chance he would have won it.

[x_fluffernutter_x]

In descending order of likelihood:
nuclear detonation
alien visitation
zorabie apocalypse
Proper invasion by China
Proper invasion by Mexico et al
Coordinated uprising of constitution defenders

[Ion]

well look into history and see when party systems evolved and changed. When major country altering events happen and there is a big conflict between the people and the current parties, a new party comes up that challenges the old.