07-06-2016, 10:29 AM
The Reform Party will have to re-establish itself in states like California where it lost ballot status. The Reform Party ran a Trump-like candidate in 2000 (Pat Buchanan), and that was its doom thus far. Another such candidate might not work for them. The Reform Party's potential was as a moderate party; xenophobia is only appealing on the right-wing. Ross Perot was a flawed candidate, but his generally-moderate approach had great potential to break open the duopoly. And he was anti free trade, so that was a common stance with Trump today.