Tucker Carlson's 3rd Party Already Exists

There has been news recently that personality Tucker Carlson will "help" build a third political party. My observation of talk show hosts, and it's not true of all of them, is they like to make sweeping generalizations and leave out the details. Sometimes the details are facts, sometimes intellectual content. In Tucker's case it seems both.

There is a huge third party already. It has been growing. It is called "swing voters," "independent voters" and "undecided voters." Every election cycle, networks and columnists feature pieces with the lead-in, "Let's to into real America and find out what voters are thinking." They interview a few people then feature one or two from every perspective. We never learn what "the public" is thinking.

Invariably a person or two will say something like, "I'm very particular about who I vote for. Neither party has put up a candidate good enough for me." Such self-important voters will not join Carlson's party because they will not approve of its candidate. 

Then there are the dozens of registered political parties who met the legal qualifications to be on the Presidential ballot and who are often included in elections for the House and Senate. If a third party is out there, why isn't it one of them?

There are some political groups, or political philosophies that seem, at least to me, to have third party  potential. They are liberaltarians (already a political party), anti-abortion and women's rights. Each of these has some baggage or inconsistency that limits its reach. Libertarians can't take away government entirely so disagreements break out. Anti-abortion is too limiting because factions want to stop all abortions. Women's rights has people from both parties so that limits its growth. 

There will always be talk of a "third party." This will not happen. Instead, there will be a combination of personalities and appeals to independents.