Posted on 12/21/2015 9:21:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Maybe Iâm overselling it a tiny bit in the headline. Watch the clip below, from 3:05 to 5:00, and tell me what heâs saying. When heâs asked who heâd vote for in a Trump/Hillary election, he emphasizes that heâs a Republican but he wonât give a straight answer about supporting Trump. He wants to see if Trump, as nominee, blossoms into a âproblem-solverâ during the general election campaign, in which case then, it seems, heâll support him. But what if Trump doesnât become that guy? Huntsman says no when asked about an independent run but then adds, âIâm not ready for a third-party run until we have a complete collapse of the Republican Party that I can still believe in.â Er, isnât that exactly how Trumpâs critics on the right describe the prospect of him as nominee? If he goes on being his Trumpy self rather than the imaginary Serious Trump that Huntsman suggests he might become, would Huntsman get in then? Heâs right that a third-party run would be a âsuicide mission,â but some segment of the GOP base would be up for that rather than see Trump win. Whoâs going to be their figurehead?
Jeff Greenfield imagined exactly this sort of scenario, in which Trump wins the nomination and then the Republican establishment goes third-party against him, this weekend:
Dan Schnur spent a lifetime in the vineyards of the Republican Party, working in the Reagan and Bush presidential campaigns and serving as communications director for the California Republican Party. Heâs now an independent and heads the Unruh Institute of Politics at USC. He argues âa Trump nomination would virtually guarantee a third-party campaign from a more traditional Republican candidate.â(continued)
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Who?
Actually, by the GOPE’s own rules, passed recently when the TEA Party started looking like a threat (with cooperation from the DEMs), make a third party run almost impossible, especially when organized at the last moment. The candidate needs significant percentages of the votes, and none of the GOPe champions are getting close to even 8 pct. Even if they run only one name who takes ALL of the GOPe vote, they may not top 10 pct of likely voters.
So, who are the fools who are going to cough up the money for Huntsman to mount any sort of campaign?
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Jon Huntsman’s father is “Donald Trumpish wealthy”.
If we could figure out a way to get on his campaign staff.
The pay probably wouldn't be too shabby.
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