58% of americans favor creation of third party

[opebo]

Yes, but do 0.01% favor it?

[opebo]

One wonders if that means that only 42% of Americans realize that third parties make no sense given the dynamics of 'democracy'.

[opebo]

... A "Tea Party" third party would pretty much be a sap on the GOP, resulting in either a moderate Republican Party or Democratic dominance. I see room for a moderate/classical liberal party ala the Minnesota Independence Party, which I would love to see in general, but only because it would be able to find room and balance in the middle. But as much as I'm a pro-third party guy, I would sooner want a change in the electoral system than for a single third party to come to prominence.

The Tea Party is just a third force for neo-liberalism.  The missing party is a socialist/social democrat voice in the US, and it will never be allowed.

[opebo]

The Tea Party is just a third force for neo-liberalism.  The missing party is a socialist/social democrat voice in the US, and it will never be allowed.

"be allowed"...?
...moderate, classical liberal, and paleoconservative parties. Of the likelihood of the new third party being moderate (or non-right/left, like libertarian or populist) versus conservative or leftist, I would rank it: moderate > conservative >>> leftist.

I meant be allowed to rule.  All the groups you mention above are neo-liberal.  There's an absolute monopoly of power in the US by the owning elite, and these parties we're talking about are irrelevancies as long as that arrangement is accepted.

[opebo]

Given the 2 shining stars they have to chose from now, who can blame them?

I think we can blame them - they still think american democracy is the answer!  Oh, just add another party, and it'll get better.  Naive j******s.

[opebo]

Being pro-life, pro-family and other social conservative positions are not "extreme" by most any standard in this country.

They are religious extremism and moves towards theocracy, States - attempting to impose the religious person's views upon the non-religious.