2-party system

Mary Matalin: '2-party system is ready to fall'

By Kristen East

Longtime Republican strategist Mary Matalin — who registered as a Libertarian earlier this month — said this weekend that “the two-party system is ready to fall."

Her comment came as she wrote in National Review that she is supporting Austin Petersen for the Libertarian Party’s nomination. She wrote that she believes he is “the man who can lead independents, Libertarians, and disaffected members of the two major parties to victory.”

The Libertarian Party held its national convention this weekend in Orlando, Florida, and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson secured the party's nomination.

Writing before Johnson was nominated, Matalin said the time is ripe “for a new majority political party to rise.”

“For many Americans — as is evidenced by its exponential recent growth — that common-sense alternative is the Libertarian Party," she wrote.

Earlier this month, when Matalin switched her party registration, she said she was “a never Hillary” and “a provisional Trump.”