"No Labels" looks like the beginning of a third Party?

[Douglas Carpenter]

41. there have been several attempts at that over the years when unions were much stronger and

class consciousness was much more powerful and socialist ideals were held much more commonly by common people than today. As desirable as it would be - I cannot see that happening at least for the foreseeable future. However, sometimes movements spring up very quickly and unexpectedly - I would rejoice at history proving me completely wrong on this. But as long as a vote for a progressive third party means in the vast majority of cases - increasing the possibility of some right-wing crackpot winning - I can't see the development of a progressive alternative to the Democratic Party on the national level. Besides not only do most rank and file Republicans think the Democratic Party is already an extreme left-wing party - most rank and file Democrats think that the Democratic Party is already a progressive workers' party - however naïve that may be.