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1.0Occasional Planethttps://occasionalplanet.orgFriedman: We'll have a third party challenge in 2012rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1ZyrtCSOHv"><a href="https://occasionalplanet.org/2010/10/06/friedman-there-could-be-a-third-party-challenge-in-2012/">Friedman: There could be a third party challenge in 2012</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://occasionalplanet.org/2010/10/06/friedman-there-could-be-a-third-party-challenge-in-2012/embed/#?secret=1ZyrtCSOHv" width="600" height="338" title="“Friedman: There could be a third party challenge in 2012” — Occasional Planet" data-secret="1ZyrtCSOHv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://i0.wp.com/occasionalplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ecuador.jpg?fit=700%2C306&ssl=1700306On October 2, 2010 Thomas Friedman wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times that made me sit up and take note. He admitted the United States was in serious decline, similar to the Roman Empire, and declared that our two-party system is no longer viable. He also strongly suggested that a serious third party challenge could manifest in 2012.