As potentially awesome as that would be, it would require a third party candidate to be qualified, rational and sane enough to be considered. So Far, that has not been the Case.

Odds are slim, but it's possible. It might be a nice change. I'll tell you what -- let's wait and see what happens.

I think it would be a welcome change to see a third party candidate in office, if for anything else just to see how that party would do. And we'll never know unless it comes about. I say, give them a chance.

I support things in both the major parties. I know people don't like to hear that, but that's just the way that I feel.

Yes, about the same chance as a snowball rolling through hell.

The Democratic party was a 3rd party as was the Republican Party.
Have to get your start somewhere.

Nader was a third-part blip in 2000 and it cost Al Gore (the least charismatic man I've ever seen) the election.  Demos ran a shite campaign again in 2004 and third-party cadidates moved to the back of the spectrum- it seems in 2008 the third party types were washed away by the waves of the real divide that existed during the last election cycle. . .a divide between generations, ideology, and educational levels.  It's going to take some time before 3rd party people assert themselves like a Perot or Nader. . .

To my knowledge, there is no law...nothing in the Constitution that prohibits third party candidates from holding any office. They will stand a chance- perhaps not in 2012- when the American people wake up and realize that we have more than two choices. It is amazing that so many fail to see that the two-party system is screwing this nation.

Dont ever give up Ralph Nader!!

3rd party candidates are a joke in U.S. politics.  Everyone knows that.   Its just the way it is. 

Did I miss something?  Is Ryan Seacrest throwing his hat in the ring?

Is this even true? I thought third-party candidates (individually) needed to get 5% of the vote in a general election for the presidency in order to qualify for public funding?

  To my surprise(this is when you pick up my sarcasm) my ballot listed more than just John McCain and Barack Obama as Presidential candidates. I read the names of candidates from the Green, Libertarian, and Constitution parties, as well as Ralph Nader the Independent. Thats funny...they must have turned down their invitations to participate in the televised debates that were so well received by the American public.

Way too early to tell. Get back to me around late 2011 for this one! It all depends on how well the Republican party recovers from this defeat and how Obama is doing in office. A weak Jimmy Carter type of performance out of Obama, along with continued Republican weakness might open the path for a significant third party challenge.

Stay tuned. It will all depend on Obama and how well, or how poorly he does.

Really? Maybe in Canada, France, Israel, Italy, Germany, or the United Kingdom, but not in the U.S.