The Firewall Strategy: How a Third-Party Bloc Can Stop the Insanity in Washington

America doesn’t need another savior. It needs a firewall.

With each election, Americans are promised the moon. What they get is dysfunction, debt, and partisan warfare. Both parties have proven incapable of governing responsibly. But instead of dreaming of a third-party president—which is nearly impossible in our electoral system—we should focus where real change is possible: the House of Representatives.

The best path forward? A third-party or independent bloc that holds just 5 to 20 seats. Enough to deny either major party a majority. Enough to force compromise. Enough to stop the madness.

Why the House?

There are 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. A party needs 218 to control it. In tight election cycles, control comes down to just a handful of seats—sometimes fewer than 10. This gives a small bloc of independents extraordinary leverage.

A third-party movement doesn’t need to win the nation. It just needs to win strategically—in swing districts where voters are tired of being ping-ponged between extremes.

The Core Message:

“We’re not here to make your dreams come true in Washington. We’re here to stop the nightmares.”

This movement is about realism, not rhetoric. It’s the political version of emergency brakes: no ideology, just sanity.

What to Call It? The Firewall, The No BS Coalition, Project 218, The Sanity Bloc, The Shield… Whatever the name, the mission is the same: block bad laws, stop corruption, and force compromise.

Platform: The Firewall Agenda

1. No more bloated bills – block trillion-dollar pork packages.
2. No more extremist riders – strip out culture war poison pills.
3. No more debt without a plan – spending increases must be offset.
4. Nothing passes until lawmakers get back their sanity – extremes in either direction are not allowed. The law has to represent the wishes of the public, not the 50.5% in power.
5. Simplicity– bills cannot be 1000s of pages, the citizens need to be able to view, read and understand the law before it is passed.

Candidate Profile:

We don’t need more career politicians. We need:
• Veterans
• Entrepreneurs
• Whistleblowers
• Parents
• Retired civil servants
• People with real-life experience and no party loyalty

Target Districts:

Focus on:
• Suburban swing districts with independent-leaning voters
• Districts with recent party turnover or tight margins
• States with growing disaffection toward both parties (PA, MI, AZ, WI, VA, NJ, CA)
• Open seats without an incumbent advantage

A Movement Worth Starting:

This isn’t a fantasy. It’s math.

If 10 candidates win House seats as a coalition, they control the balance of power. That means no Speaker is chosen without them. No bill passes without their nod. They can prevent both parties from hijacking the country with ideological overreach or fiscal recklessness.

A third-party presidency may be out of reach. But stopping bad laws, forcing accountability, and protecting American sanity? That’s completely within our grasp.

All it takes is a few courageous candidates—and a lot of fed-up voters.