Moderating: Any more on the path to President via Senator, VP or Governor should go to a new thread. Enough here.
If you are responding to something in a thread that is basically off-topic or likely to lead to a hijack, try this
If you are responding to something in a thread that is basically off-topic or likely to lead to a hijack, try this:
How to Reply as a linked Topic:
Click Reply, in the upper left corner of the reply window is the reply type button, looks like a curving arrow point to the right.
Choose Reply as linked topic and it starts a new thread. As an example, you can choose GD, IMHO or The Pit for it.
That is actually the best method.