"The pledge, the pledge!"
Posted on 02/26/2016 5:02:42 PM PST by entropy12
Conservative donors have engaged a major GOP consulting firm in Florida to research the feasibility of mounting a late, independent run for president amid growing fears that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination.
A memo prepared for the group zeroes in on ballot access as a looming obstacle for any independent candidate, along with actually identifying a viable, widely known contender and coalescing financial support for that person. The two states with the earliest deadlines for independent candidates, Texas and North Carolina, also have some of the highest hurdles for independents to get on the ballot, according to the research.
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They feared Trump would run as 3rd party, now they are. LOL
The details
“...All this research has to happen before March 16, when inevitably Trump is the nominee, so that we have a plan in place,” a source familiar with the discussions said. March 16 is the day after the GOP primary in Florida, a winner-take-all contest that Marco Rubio supporters have identified as a must-win to stop Trump’s early momentum.
“It’s critical some serious attention is given to this,†the source said.
The document, stamped “confidential,†was authored by staff at Data Targeting, a Republican firm based in Gainesville, Fla. The memo notes that “it is possible to mount an independent candidacy but [it] will require immediate action on the part of this core of key funding and strategic players.â€
Data Targeting did not respond to a request for comment on the memo.
The research points to Texas and North Carolina as early tests for running an independent, conservative candidate against Trump and the Democratic nominee. The candidate would need to gather over 79,900 valid petition signatures in Texas by May 9 and over 89,000 in North Carolina by June 9.
Only two other states have thresholds that high, and gathering petitions can be an expensive and time-consuming process. What’s more, the Texas signatures would have to come entirely from voters who did not vote in this year’s Democratic and Republican primaries.
But “with 38 electoral votes in play in Texas and North Carolina’s true swing state status, failing to qualify in either or both states would render any independent candidate non-viable,†the report’s authors wrote. “This is logistically possible but will require immediate action.â€
By July 15, the independent candidate would need more than 460,000 voter signatures to make the ballot in 11 states. Assuming an April 1 start date, the campaign would have to gather 4,345 valid signatures per day to maintain a steady pace. “
The GOPe would be happy if Hillary would win and she would be happy to play their anti-American games.
How does that happen? First the Dems piss off all of the Hillary supporters by appointing Hillary as candidate by their Debbie Wasserman Schmuck chairperson and super elite delegates regardless of the primary votes. Second the GOPe figures out a way to take down Trump and replace him with one of their special toadies. Hillary will become the winner by default because the establishment scum bags will have manipulated both Parties.
LOL!
These guys are SO stupid.
I’m almost embarrassed for them. Almost.
It’s over GOPe.
It’s over.
Learn to say ‘President Trump’.
No, a conservative. There could be a huge vacuum in November.
Or Biden/Romney.
They really aren’t stupid in the sense that they will accomplish their goal, as awful as it is.
A RINO like Bush or Rubio is their first choice. Failing that, Hillary is plan B. Best way to get that is by splitting the Republican vote.
...they can follow the William Ayers method and get the names and social security numbers from graveyards.
I mean, no reason the dead can't be useful even *before* the general election /Dem rules>
Do you think they’ll be able to get 2%?
I guess the Fox's panel is so wrong about Rubio. He got his audition and failed. March 1st is the deadline to have a candidate on the ballots
They’d better fling themselves at the feet of The Don and plead: “We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy! We were just joking all along.” and hope The Don has a good sense of humor.
These people are nuts. Or, maybe they’re afraid their access to insider tips is about to end. It’s all about the $$$$$.
Conservative donors have engaged a major GOP consulting firm in Florida to research the feasibility of mounting a late, independent run for president amid growing fears that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination.
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I doubt they are Conservative. More likely they are cronies who fear their crooked way of life is in danger if Trump wins.
It destroys the GOP and they become the WHIG party.
They just need to accept Trump and run with it.
These Donors need to understand these are not the days of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and those guys.
You need Voters
Back then the Democrats voted on one side of the street and Republicans the other with the Bosses seeing who they voted for and got fired if they voted for Democrats.
The rich donors want continuation of immensely profitable CHEAP LABOR EXPRESS. They could not care less how their policies are decimating the middle class. And yes, Hillary fits their model better than Trump. They can control Hillary via cash contributions, but not Trump. Trump is free to act on behalf of what is best for all American people.
LOL!
Yeah, good luck with that.
Early voting has already been taking place in Texas for the past two weeks. From every indication, there has and will be a record turnout for the primaries (nearly all from the Republican primary).
So anyone wanting to get on the Texas ballot as an independent will have two months to get 80K signatures from people who did not vote in either primary.
Again, good luck with that.
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