a strong third party would be great. and it would have to be centrist. the problem is, we don't have a lot of pure centrists out there. there are very, very few people who fall into the grey area on issues like, say...abortion, guns, "entitlements," tax rates, environmental issues, and so on.
we could really use two -- a center-right and a center-left -- but they wouldn't hit the ground running. and, in the current climate, the right would attempt to kill and bury the center-right. the Fox News types never stop using the term "RINO" to refer to people who believe the things Republicans espoused for decades. the only true republicans are the newly minted ones who refuse any compromise. as an equal and opposite reaction, the left is doing the same now.