That was one time when the “run a third party to bleed Republican votes” backfired.
I think old gas tax John carved out from both sides.
He's still alive, age 92.
I could never figure out what he stood for, except trying to sabotage Reagan of course.
I went through the same routine in 1964, when Mitt Romney's father and Nelson Rockefeller tried to blow up Goldwater.
He had a Ross Perot kind of persona - he was going to “take charge” from the first day, and “change things.”