Posted on 11/24/2015 10:08:12 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
After news broke that a SuperPAC supporting John Kasich is preparing to launch a $2.5 million assault on Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman once again said he's seriously considering a third party bid if he fails to win the Republican nomination.
[TRUMP TWEET]
Earlier this year, the RNC and Trump signed a pledge: Trump promised not to run as an independent candidate if he lost the nomination. In return the Republican National Committee pledged not to launch attacks against him. All he wanted, Trump said, was a level playing field.
And he got one. The RNC hasn't done anything to bring down his poll numbers nor does it plan to do so.
Why then does Trump threaten a third party ticket? SuperPAC's have absolutely nothing to do with the RNC. They are completely independent organizations that can't even coordinate their actions with the Republican Party or individual candidates. The RNC literally has no authority over them. Everything they do, they do on their own accord.
Either Trump isn't familiar with how SuperPAC's operate or he simply doesn't care. His repeated threats to run as an independent candidate prove that he wasn't looking for a level playing field after all, but for an easy, obstacle-free path to the nomination.
That is not what the RNC promised him - nor is it something the RNC can promise. Every candidate can be attacked by SuperPAC's supporting their opponents, and by their rivals themselves. That's par for the course in politics, and Trump knows it.
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Also, FYI: such intermediaries ARE illegal. I’m not saying the corrupt don’t find a way, but let’s just say, it’d be nice if a certain candidate could talk to one of his PAC’s people. I have a relationship with someone who had a nice relationship to one of those PAC people, and that relationship has had to go dark, and it kinda sucks. But when you’re one of the good guys, you have to avoid the appearance of the appearance of the appearance of impropriety.
This is payola for the “news coverage”
Notice how jbush was all over the news at the same time he was airing his ads.
ala George Will and pillow talk?
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