The 2012 Libertarian candidate for president, Gary Johnson, is showing surprising strength in early polls against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Johnson received less than 1% of the vote in 2012, but he got 1.2 million votes – a Libertarian party record.  He is vying for the nomination against two lesser known candidates – radio talker and activist Austin Peterson and former fugitive John McAfee. But with the strong negative feelings by voters against both Trump and Clinton, Johnson, if he gets the nomination, has an opportunity to upend the race.  He is currently polling at 10%, which is the best showing by a third-party candidate since Ross Perot in 1996. Five Thrity Eight: In early May 1968, George Wallace, whose candidacy as a third-party candidate running on what can politely be called an anti-civil rights message has been much-talked about this year, got 14 percent in a Harris Survey as well as in a Gallup poll; he...(Read Full Post)