Dreams of a new #NeverTrump political party? Good luck with that

Ex-CIA officer McMullin mounted a late-breaking presidential run in 2016, finishing in fifth place with 0.5% of the vote. — Reuters

JUST as May flowers follow April showers, so too do presidential campaigns fertilise the political soil for fanciful, post-election dreams of sprouting viable new third parties.

“We declare our intent to catalyse an American renewal, ” wrote 150 mostly Republican ex-politicians on May 13 in a breathless joint letter, “and to either reimagine a party dedicated to our founding ideals or else hasten the creation of such an alternative.”