Article: A third-party president? Forget it

There is a way to make sense of all the speculation about a third-party presidential campaign in 1996: Ignore it.

Among political junkies, the third-party buzz has become rife. It was stoked by the convention of Ross Perot supporters in Dallas last month. It was further stoked by New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley's retirement announcement and his talk of running for president as an independent. Then came a new Times Mirror survey indicating that 26 percent of the public would support an independent presidential candidacy.

Meanwhile, former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker has been promoting himself as potential non-Republican, non-Democratic presidential material. Jesse Jackson vowed last week ...

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