Posted on 09/18/2015 6:50:29 AM PDT by nhwingut
She says this on a podcast with Fox colleague Chris Stirewalt.
Dana: Do you think any of them run as a third party?
Stirewalt: No, Paul has been a loyal foot soldier for Mitch McConnell, he ain't gonna do that. And Ted Cruz ain't gonna do that. Could Trump still -- he's not gonna get --
Dana: I don't think it would be Trump.
Stirewalt: Who would it be?
Dana: I'm gonna hold my cards.
She advertised this on The Five and gave a big Chessire Cat grin like she's not speculating, like she knows something.
So: Who? Well, first of all, Perino is obviously very tapped into the Bush camp. And Bush would have the money (presumably) to mount a third party campaign.
Given that this comes down to money, it could be she's talking about Romney, though the initial question about any of them (that is, the candidates) running third party suggests she doesn't mean Romney.
Maybe she was just being misleading there.
Could she mean Bush? Could she possibly mean that Bush is considering a third party run?
Open thread. I know, terrible week of blogging. But seriously last night went really late.
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I’m guessing Willard.
Wouldn’t THAT be rich?! The GOPee demands that Trump sign a non-rogue party pledge with the intent of protecting Jeb; and Jeb turns out to be the very one who goes rogue.
Kasich is positioning himself to be VP. He’s the GH Bush to any potential Reagan out there that the Party will shove down that candidates throat. You have to win moderates....and Ohio...
Moreover, I think that most-—not all-—of the GOP rank-and-file would support the nominee and see such an “end run” by a Yeb or Bush as a total betrayal. Which could be good. It could cause the much needed purification of the GOP, which, if it does not happen, will result in the GOP’s final destruction. I think 2016 is the last chance for the Republican Party as we know it.
You’re all barking up the wrong tree.
Mark Zuckerberg was just “warning” Trump about something the other day.
It would be someone like that, NOT a current politician.
The Establishment would never orchestrate a third party run against an outsider. They didn’t for Pres. Reagan.............................................
Kasich might be sort of the John Anderson of this cycle?
(And making Trump the Reagan!).
Could happen, and could also result in a Trump win.
Ha, half of Freeperdom forgot that slogan within a week after the primaries and insisted we must now vote GOPe in the general, come hell or high water, in order to finally have the numbers to stop the chief muslim.
"Obama thanks you, purist." is what I remember being vomited from their RINO keyboards over and over.
see my post 27....
wasn’t this what John Anderson tried, basically, back in 80?
TPTB will do anything to keep Trump out of the White House. That’s because there has been so much corruption that Trump could put thousands of people in jail for life (if not worse).
Everyone from current politicians to David Rockefeller and the Bush family.
I agree with you on this,LS.
I'll also add that we will have wasted four years by then.
The end of the GOP should have been started right after the disastrous 2012 election.
2014 was America giving the GOP one more chance to get Congress right.Evidently this has now failed.
translation: Loyalty oaths only work one-way for the GOPe.
Time is almost up to even TRY to get on the ballot in all 50 states.
“Time is almost up to even TRY to get on the ballot in all 50 states.”
Are you talking about the primary, or the General election?
I think there s PLENTY of time for 3rd party applicant to enter the General, where they will do the most damage.
The problem is the demographics have changed a lot since ‘80 and the numbers of the entitlement army and illegals are much larger. Any Democrat is going to command at least 42% of the vote, resulting in a “Clintonian plurality” type win with 370+ evs. 1992 and 1996 are more a predictor.
“Why go THIRD party, Jeb? You’d run away with the Democrat nomination!”
Ouch! But accurate.
Not a chance, the Bush name is absolute poison to Dems. They may vote for him in the primaries as part of Op Chaos 2016 but never in November.
[Time is almost up to even TRY to get on the ballot in all 50 states]
Roseanne Barr is running in the Peace and Freedom party.
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