Hawkins says he believes Buchanan is too much of a political establishment figure to be elected.
"For a third party to be attractive to people, a person would do better if he an outside of the beltway figure," Hawkins says. "People don't associate [Buchanan] with anything but politics."
And Davis says Buchanan's right-wing views may scare off voters.
"Buchanan can be very eloquent and intelligent, but he is also very divisive," he says. "He has a lot of baggage."
Ultimately, both Hawkins and Davis, enamored with the concept of a third political party, have come away unfulfilled.
"I see two problems with the Reform Party," Hawkins says. "There are serious conflicts of interests and they really don't have one standard ideology."
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