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Originally Posted by Dutch
I think we kind of see the variations within the parties though.
HRC is the moderate left (Establishment Democrat)
Rubio is the moderate right (Establishment GOP)
Sanders is the further left (Democratic Socialist)
Trump is the further right (Capitalist GOP)
Cruz is a different kind of further to the right (Tea Party GOP)
At the end of the day, it's not to unlike coalitions that are formed elsewhere.
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Sure.
The most relevant example is Perot and the deficit. That wasn't an issue for either party until Perot, but by 1994 the GOP had co-opted it completely. I thin that kind of thing will quickly happen to any idea from a third party that really gains traction.