Mr. Jordan remained hopeful that a strong third party might one day mount a serious challenge in a presidential race.
He added that by creating a stronger third party, the election result would create a new, healthier House of Commons.
"Pat is bringing in new blood and a new image to the party, I'm sure, and we want to have a strong third party.
What ultimately finished Sinclair was that the intervention of a strong third party candidate, Raymond L Haigh of the Progressive party, split the anti-establishment vote and allowed Merriam to be re-elected, helped by the media touting him as the sensible or at least safer option.
With these changes, Skype has positioned itself to become a multi-OS communication platform for IM developers with a strong third party [add-in] ecosystem.
One of the reasons this election is so close to call in the marginals is because of the presence of a potentially strong third party which is UKIP in many seats here in the east and Greens in others.
And yet, the iPhone is a platform where Twitter has a very strong third party presence, and Twitter has no doubt been benefiting from the contributions of these developers.
With growing frustration with politics as usual, expect a big uptick in strong third party and independent challenges, as indeed was reflected in November's special U.S. House race in upstate New York (where the Republican nominee in fact became the "spoiler") and in upcoming gubernatorial races in Nevada and Massachusetts, where independent candidates are polling above 30%.
But he also had the benefit of the strongest third-party candidate in 80 years, H. Ross Perot, who was drawing (and returning) much of the Republican fire that year.
Bush broke his "no new taxes" pledge to Republicans, which outraged many in his party, plus he had to contend with the strongest third-party bid in generations (H. Ross Perot took 19percentt of the popular vote).
