Atlantic Only Highlights Negative Reaction to Friedman Piece on the Necessity of Third Party and Independent Opposition to the Two-Party State

In a round-up of the response to Thomas Friedman's article predicting the rise of a serious third party presidential candidate in 2012, the Atlantic Wire successfully managed to only highlight negative reactions from the reactionary supporters of the ruling two-party state.  Eric Hayden writes:

Freidman's speculation touched off a variety of opinions from political pundits, many of whom strongly disagree with The New York Times columnist.

Too bad Hayden did not provide any links to or summaries of that variety of opinion, but chose instead to relay the responses of vocal supporters of the two-party state and duopoly system of government.  For an alternative, see my take on the piece at Poli-Tea, entitled "Third Party Strategy and the Cult of the Executive."