2008: Third party and independent candidates need to get in the game now

Thanks to Joe Gandelman at The Moderate Voice for the heads up on this post from nicrivera at Yahoo 360:

Nick Rivera outlines the reasons that a win by an independent presidential candidate is unlikely:
1) discriminatory ballot access laws, 2) two-party total control of the debates, and 3) media and establishment scare tactics like you're wasting your vote...

"...Well, in my never-ending (and likely futile) quest to break the grip of the two major parties on all levers of political power in this country, I’ve taken it upon myself to make it known wherever and whenever I can the political alternatives to the Democrats and Republicans. Independent and third party candidates can no longer afford to wait until ten months before the election to kick off their campaigns. The time for these candidates to gain publicity is before the two major parties establish the front runners for their respective presidential nominations...."