'Dismayed by the system they helped to create, some veteran political
strategists are out to subvert it -- and create a better choice for 2008.'
'One of the many things that differentiate Unity08 from earlier
third-party movements is that its founders aren't putting forward their
own candidate. What they have in mind might instead best be thought of
as the "Field of Dreams" model: build a mechanism whereby qualified
individuals of insufficient partisanship to win the Republican or
Democratic nomination gain a legitimate shot at the White House, and
trust that the best candidates will come.'
I've only started hearing about this project in the past 12 hours,
so I don't have a firm opinion yet...but at first glance, it sure does
sound interesting. (Both quotes are from
this Atlantic article.)