In the end, Sierra said, Americans Elect blew an opportunity in a year ripe for a third-party candidacy.

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Nor was Kim Dae Jung able to convince the PM to merge his United Liberal Democratic Party (ULDP) with the president's proposed new party, or even remain in their current alliance through the end of his five-year term.

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