Why Trump Will Never Make the Ballot

The Daily Beast ^ | 08.20.156:15 AM ET | Stuart Stevens

[entropy12]

Making political predictions rarely turns out well, but here’s one: Donald Trump will not be a candidate for president in 2016.

What? Yes, I know, he’s already announced. In my view, though, he won’t take this all the way to the ballot in Iowa, New Hampshire, or any of the Republican caucus or primary elections.

Why? Because he’s Donald Trump and everything we know about him tells us he won’t do it.

Let’s step back from the Trump frenzy and consider the realities of a possible Trump run. First is the essential question: Will Donald Trump be the next president of the United States? No. Be it in the throes of a dot-com boom or tulip mania, there are always those who argue, “This time it’s different.” But it never is. All that we know about politics has not evaporated because Donald Trump says he’d like to be president.

[entropy12]

These Pundits never give up! If I get a dollar every time they have been wrong, I could go on a very nice cruise in the Caribbean.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Dems and Pubbies don’t want him to run or be nominated. At least we know they are on the same team.

[Red Steel]

You could buy a 60 ft. ocean going yacht.

[demshateGod]

Men in dresses work for an illegal alien, Sodomite, racist, Marxist, Muslim, criminal president. He got a majority of Americans to vote for him twice. I don't think that's ever happened before. This writer is stupid.

[capydick]

Hard to imagine from a man who questioned the validity of the president’s birth certificate.

Stopped reading there but also thought - this idiot should have capitalized President; no?

[TigerClaws]

Good article today on how he deportation plan is brilliant:

Critics Miss How Well Trump’s Deportation Plan Actually Could Work

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/critics_miss_how_well_trumps_deportation_plan_actually_could_work.html#ixzz3jQGUVFRG
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[tumblindice]

Stuart is a washed up Rombot whistling in the graveyard.

[boycott]

This writer is stupid.

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That’s an understatement. Trump is running to be president — nothing less.

He’s not going to spend the day tomorrow in hot and humid Mobile, AL just for the fun of it.

[BigEdLB]

Men in dresses work for Obama? Jenner claims to be Republican.

[inkfarmer]

These guys are just too clever. It’s all about the frenzy.

[Calpublican]

I had the same thoughts about his run initially; however, I believe he is dead serious and this dude is dead wrong. The factor this person, and those like him, refuse to hear and believe is that the man is truly concerned about our country and believes he has ideas that can help.

We have a number of Republican candidates with passionate motivation and a real fear for our future I believe. Cruz and Carson are two others. The pundits miss this or are too cynical to even understand it.

[doorgunner69]

this idiot should have capitalized President; no?

Not this usurper, no.

[ballearthout]

We already knew that. lol

[funfan]

Obama appoints first transgender White House staff member

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/transgender-white-house-obama-first-staff/index.html

[catnipman]

“These Pundits never give up! If I get a dollar every time they have been wrong, I could go on a very nice cruise in the Caribbean. “

Don’t ja know that being a Pundit means never having to say your sorry when you’re wrong?

[Company Man]

Because as we all know, Hawaiian bureaucrats used Photoshop in 1959.

[montag813]

Men in dresses work for Obama? Jenner claims to be Republican.

He meant THIS freak...

[conservative98]

He will not run, he will not fill out the paper work, he will not release his financials, he will not be at the debates, (wins debate) he will not last, he will implode, (goes up in the polls) he will not be on the ballot, (wins nom) he will not win the ballot, (wins prez) he will not govern, he will not repeal obamacare, (obamacare repealed) he will not get people to put money in healthcare savings account, he will not get mexico to pay for the wall, (mexico pays for the wall), he will not win re-election.....

[aquila48]

“But what do we know about running for president? It’s the most unpleasant, demeaning, debilitating process in public life, a process that almost always ends in failure. Donald Trump is going to put himself through a year of this meat grinder?”

This guy is a buffoon - Trump is having the time of his life. Unlike the others, he is totally energized - he’s everywhere.

And he leads everyone by a mile, and this guy thinks that someone with the ego of Trump is going to give that up and quit?

[entropy12]

Seems more wishful thinking, and then they try to back it up with various theories.

Anything can happen in political races, and Trump could lose to Bush, Carson or Cruz. However I just don’t see Trump simply getting bored and dropping out. He is enjoying this run way too much. What else can he conquer at age 69? More money, more fame? Beautiful women? He already has all that.