Originally Posted by kane

How bad can an outsider be? I guess it depends on the outsider. I'm sure there are some out there who would actually be good and do a good job. However, there are plenty who would have no idea what they are doing and potentially cause serious problems. Could they do worse than the current leadership? Absolutely they could. There are plenty of things they could fuck up that could send the economy into a freefall or cause other issues. Would they? I don't know.

I am all for voting for third party candidates. I have said for a long time nothing will change in Washington until those in power realize we will vote them out. That said, I still think there is a major lack of legitimate independent candidates and getting to a point where there are a good number of legit candidates will take a lot more than just voting for non-incumbents.