Conservative Political SUPERGENIUS Designs Brilliant Strategery

I must say that, as a liberal, I am very, very scared right now:

The names of a few well-known conservatives have been offered up in recent days as potential third-party standard-bearers, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, has circulated a memo to a small number of conservative allies detailing the process by which an independent candidate could get on general-election ballots across the country.

Among the recruits under discussion are Tom Coburn, a former Oklahoma senator who has told associates that he would be open to running, and Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who was suggested as a possible third-party candidate at a meeting of conservative activists on Thursday in Washington.

First of all, as a liberal, let me note that I’m very scared that Republicans will discover the secret that running third party vanity campaigns is how you really effect change in the United States. They would really BULLY PULPIT the OVERTON WINDOW on STEROIDS that way. Even more terrifying is the possibility that this candidate will be the slightly more refined version Ted Cruz or a man who proved that you can be far too dumb to win a nomination twice captured by George W. Bush, now featuring glasses. And, most terrifying of all, having this third party run by the unerring political mastermind Bill Kristol? Yikes. If they bring Mark Penn aboard, we’re really cooked. I would be very, very angry if they tried something like this.