Thanking Mr. Trump: The American Four Party System

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, Donald Trump is going to continue running for president, all the way through the election in November, and maybe even beyond that. He's having too much fun. If the republican establishment somehow miraculously succeeds in getting him off the republican ballot, does anyone really believe that the Donald will humbly surrender the nomination, and go away quietly, smiling? He'll run as an independent, which'll be great news for Hillary Clinton. Maybe Bernie Sanders will also decide to run as an independent, although that seems extremely unlikely, since he has said nothing about it. The best outcome would be for all four of them to run, on a four party political system. Sanders could usher in a new social labor party, which every civilized country has, and Ted Cruz and that extreme right wing part of the republican party could form a Christian conservative coalition, or some such. Then, everybody would be represented. Its happened before. Several times in American history there have been three and four candidates running for president, and each time, not only did the republic survive, but became stronger through the survival struggle. In 1800 a mad scramble of an election gave us the Thomas Jefferson presidency, and in 1824 Andrew Jackson survived a four man dog fight, with a little bit of old fashioned political wheeling and dealing, aka "corruption". Jefferson and Jackson are now regarded as two of our greatest presidents. 1912 was another crazy multi candidate election, with a strong socialist candidate, Eugene Debs. Social and communist candidates also appeared on the ballot in 1920 and 1932, so, it certainly is not unprecedented. Think of it like this: Hillary versus Trump is going to be a dream matchup; a truly entertaining event. How much more exciting to include a couple of crazies like Cruz ad Bernie? The conservative republican side needs at least two parties; one to represent business and capitalism, and one to represents the Christian viewpoint, whatever that is. Currently, there is only the "Jesus, guns, and money" party, aka the G.O.P., and, well, it seems to be falling apart before our very eyes. Thank you Mr. Trump