“never forget that Ross Perot was the most successful (almost) 3rd party candidate ever. He really hurt Bush. In fact, he killed him the first time.”
True enough.
I think the lesson here is that outcomes are often multi factorial and teasing out the seminal factor is difficult if not impossible.
Often it’s more a case of a confluence of events that determine outcomes.
But, it’s fun to argue anyway.
It’s fun to argue here where everyone is ‘kinda’ civilized.
You know my theory that the Sunday Morning Talk Shows only exist so we can have this thread.