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Two fascinating developments in the world of politics:

 

1. The product launch of a Barack Obama-themed pet rock; and...

 

2. A new call for third party presidential candidates to rescue America from the traditional Democrat-Republican quagmire.

 

Which idea is crazier?

 

In this Recession, will people shell out $15 plus shipping (rocks are heavy) for a stone with a cardboard podium?

 

Or will economics drive the people to oust BaRock and choose Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz or eBay's ex-CEO, Meg Whitman to sit in the Oval Office?

 

The Starbucks-eBay theory was just floated by Fast Company magazine.

 

Here's a snippet of Fast Company's reasoning why the timing is right for a Libertarian Coming Out Party:

 

"If the two-party system is ever going to be seriously challenged, this is the moment. The GOP, the stall-tactic party, is reeling. The Democratic administration is struggling to turn around the economy. And across the country, creative, engaged folks are increasingly feeling politically homeless. More Americans consider themselves independents (39%) than Democrats (33%) or Republicans (22%) -- and the gap is widening.

Who will fill that void? Sarah Palin is rumored to be mulling the idea of starting a third party, pulling together social and fiscal conservatives alienated from the GOP. The Blue Dog Democrats, turned off by President Barack Obama's spending, could reach across the aisle to moderate Republicans and try to attract independents. But the best third-party contender already exists. The Libertarians, like so many independents and disaffected Democrats and Republicans, are fiscal conservatives and social liberals -- and no one has yet built a lasting coalition out of this growing force."

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