Posted on 05/13/2016 1:37:13 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Poor #NeverTrumpers – Their third party option is fizzling out.
The third party effort by disgruntled insiders to defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump is fizzling out as a growing number of Republicans rally around Trump.
The Hill reported:
An effort by prominent conservatives to recruit a third party candidate to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is fizzling out.
A serious third party run would cost millions, and GOP donors have so far been reluctant to embrace a bid.
No major political star has stepped forward publicly so far to be a third-party candidate either, and possible recruits, such as Mitt Romney and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), have ruled out doing so.
Polls also indicate that Republicans around the country are coming around to Trump now he’s their presumptive nominee. A Public Policy Polling survey found Republicans are as unified around Trump as Democrats are around Clinton, with 72 percent or Republicans saying they are comfortable with him as their nominee.
Critics of Trump say the businessman’s fast-approaching victory in the primary contest — every other Republican candidate has now dropped out — also gives weight to arguments that those pushing a third-party effort are effectively ignoring GOP voters.
“I think it’s offensive to the people who have voted,” said former Romney fundraiser Lisa Spies. “They have chosen Donald Trump.
“That doesn’t mean we have to like him,” Spies added. “That doesn’t mean everybody in the party has to fall in behind him. But the voters have chosen a candidate and that means we have to respect that, period.”
While Romney and the Bush family have yet to back Trump, Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) actions on Thursday signaled the GOP is uniting around its candidate.
According to Public Policy Polling Republican voters are rallying around Trump. 72% of Republicans now support Donald Trump for president.
Gravitas
Poor Bennie Sasse. We hardly knew ya
Jonah Goldberg, several retards I know on Facebook hit hardest.
The twisted wreckage that is Bill Kristol makes me happy.
About damn time. The cocktail party invites and society page mentions are coming to an end Bill.
Amazing resemblance. This has to be more than coincidence. I wonder if Bill Kristol's middle name is Sunkist.
I'll check it out.
One of these days.
Mittens wussed out again. What a bunch of losers these GOPe wimps are.
Romney, the Bushes, Graham and Sasse...throw them on the trash heap where they belong....they will be all that’s left. Let them hang in oligarch-wannabe lounge with Hillary. A bunch of doddering old patricians sucking on their silver spoons. All backs turned to them.
Wow, I had no idea!!!
Glad to hear it.
Any reasonable person should want to avoid Hillary in the White House -— which can only be done by supporting Trump.
“the voters have chosen a candidate and that means we have to respect that, period.”
Exactly!
From everywhere.
..... Wish Trump would tap Condi Rice for VP ..... Definitely a winning ticket on so many levels!
Politicians are all talk no action.
Where have I heard that recently?
Poor Bill Kristol, Ben Howe, and Ben Shapiro. Their hopes are crushed.
Trump is the only republican candidate who can go toe to toe with the Clinton crime family. He is a counterpuncher whose not afraid to get down to Hillary’s level and beat her. Romney stood there and took all of Harry Reid’s lies. Ann Coulter is laying waste to the Hillary lie that she’s for women.
#SoreLosers
Funny thing about the Never Trumpers:
They all have a list of policy positions/votes/articles they’ve written a mile long that are the antithesis of Fiscal Conservativism.
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