Thanks. Fair weather moderates swinging between whichever party is advantageous, or less scary to espouse principles from within, wasn’t what I was talking about, but I see that you were. I’m glad you clarified that and hopefully we both understand we were talking past each other for part of this.

I do see specific suggestions from moderates. A lot of them have to do with campaign finance reform. Others have to do with alternate voting systems, like ranked choice. Ranked choice can be advantageous to extreme parties, of course, but they also make 2-3 more self-aware middle parties possible because they can stay in power as the #2 or #3 choice without having to engage in tug-of-war.

I agree that personal wealth is an unfortunate limitation to anyone seeking to run as whatever is in vogue D or R. I only mentioned Ross Perot to remind you of a well-known independent candidate. The 90s were a long time ago, yes!