Ross Perot was the only 3rd party candidate in my lifetime to have ever had a chance of getting elected into the Office of the POTUS but he screwed it up with his "I'm in. I'm out. I'm back in" cr@p. The effects of this are still being felt today.

As others have stated, 3rd parties just don't have the broad based appeal to win the election. Because of this, they only serve to pull votes from the "lesser of two evils" candidate - usually the GOP candidate. The Dems count on this more than they do their voter fraud efforts.

The Dems select their candidate by choosing someone they believe has the voter appeal to win the election. The GOP selects their candidate by selecting those they feel have paid their party dues - even if there are many better choices which represent the values of conservatism.

I'm voting for Romney. Not because I like anything he stands for, but because I know that anything less WILL help to re-elect Oblowme. Anything less and I might as well turn my guns into the "State", give away all of the possessions I've worked hard to acquire, turn over all of my income to the "State", and put my hands out in front of myself to receive the shackles of my bondage.

Bottom line: Do I think Romney will make everything better? No, but two things I know with all my heart - (1) there is no 3rd party candidate with enough appeal to win the election, and (2) if Obummer keeps the Office we will come to believe that his first 4 years in Office weren't so bad after all.