Mickey Kaus can’t let go of the idea that it’s easier to run for president as an independent rather than win a party nomination. Here’s what he wrote this time:

Maybe she [Hillary Clinton] just can’t win in the Democratic primaries and needs to run as an independent! Of course, I’ve said the same thing about John McCain (if, as is possible, he can’t win the GOP nomination) and you could also say the same thing about Rudolph Giuliani. They can’t all run as independents, can they? … Right? ……. Hello? …

As I wrote before, “The forces of party loyalty, strategic voting, and the role the House of Representatives in resolving an Electoral College deadlock mean that major party nominees will win the presidency in almost every conceivable circumstance.” That’s why no major candidate is making a move to run as an independent.