Americans Elect Failure to Find Candidate Threatens Third-Party Dreams

Americans Elect

Americans Elect’s failure to find a candidate means the effort to field a bipartisan third ticket for president may fizzle—which would be a shame, says John Avlon.

Published May 15 2012 4:45AM EDT

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The deadline for Americans Elect is here and they still don’t have a candidate.

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This failure threatens to kill the effort to field a bipartisan third ticket for president before it ever really began—despite $35 million spent and 420,000 people signed up to serve as online delegates.

But supporters and advisers are...

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Americans Elect Failure to Find Candidate Threatens Third-Party Dreams

Americans Elect’s failure to find a candidate means the effort to field a bipartisan third ticket for president may fizzle—which would be a shame, says John Avlon.

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