As a veteran of the George Wallace campaign on the American Independent Party line in 1968, Mr. Viguerie certainly knows how to make mischief for the major parties. Back then, the Wallace candidacy badly harmed the candidacy of Democrat Hubert Humphrey; 40 years later, a third-party crusade on the right would do far more damage to the Republican nominee. The same Republicans who encouraged (and financed) Green candidate Ralph Nader in 2000 and 2004 just might find themselves facing the business end of a spoiler campaign in November 2008.  The most appropriate vehicle is the Constitution Party, a far-right, theocratic outfit that claims to be the biggest of the nation’s third parties. ~Joe Conason

Of course, theocratic isn’t really an accurate description of the Constitution Party.  Yes, there are some Theonomists running around out there who vote CP, but my impression has always been that it is a group of Christian conservatives who actually think the Constitution says what it says.  I can see how this might seem frightening to some, but theocratic?  Not really.  The good folks of the CP are very keen on Scripture, to put it mildly, and some might say that they treat the Constitution as if it were Scripture, but I suppose I would tend to prefer people who take the fundamental law of the government that way rather than treating it as if it were toilet paper.  In the odd event that Ron Paul does not win the GOP nomination, I will be pleased to support the Constitution Party in ’08.