yet to do as well as teddy did in 1912, many have done pretty darn well since. george wallace got 17% of the vote back in 1968. ross perot, 19% in 1992. by the way, john anderson, 7% in what would be known as the ronald reagan romp of 1980. not bad. not bad. but all of these party guys, the third party guys would have done much better if voters simply thought any of them had a chance. in one, 1992 poll, more americans said they would have happily voted for bill clinton or perot over bill clinton and president bush senior if they didn't think it was a waste of time because the media pretty much said voting for perot was a waste of time. flash to now. herman cain surprises everyone this weekend topping a florida straw poll. and ron paul high in a