[Servant of the Cross]

Trump is a liberal.

Yes, he is. So what is Trump's "end game"? Here's a few scenarios (surely there are others too). What say you?

* run as a Republican believing he can win POTUS conventionally;
* a democRAT plant intending to make any conservative who advocates similar policies seem as crazy and extreme as he;
* coordinating with the Cruz campaign to eventually bow out in favor of Cruz who will seem less extreme in comparison; or
* he intends to run as a Third Party spoiler candidate to siphon off gop votes in order to let H win

[cripplecreek]

I fail to see how he helps anyone in the race aside from moderates and democrats. Jeb Bush will be in the race to the very end based on money alone which leaves only (real) conservatives getting hurt.

[C. Edmund Wright]

* coordinating with the Cruz campaign to eventually bow out in favor of Cruz who will seem less extreme in comparison

I agree with that outcome, but I do not think Trump is coordinating with Cruz in any way. Now to be sure: I think Cruz is maneuvering for this outcome, and I think this outcome is the normal course of events as they will play out....and it's been the outcome I've predicted many times on this forum for weeks.....

Which means the Third Party thing is not mutually exclusive BTW.

[Lakeshark]

I was going to put a similar question out there SEC.

I haven't had enough time lately, maybe later today when I get back.

It's a conundrum since Trump has an inconsistent past towards conservative positions, sometimes he is conservative, sometimes he's been a flaming lib.

The one thing that is clear: The man has struck a nerve. He's saying all the right things, getting them out above the head of the media and changing the narrative. Kudos to him for showing ALL right leaning pols how to make a positive difference in this pc environment.

Whatever his end game, I appreciate that a lot and give him credit for making politics fun for the first time in years.

[mac_truck]

Trump stated over the weekend he has no plans to run a third party campaign...I also don’t think there’s time to organize a third party.

[jpsb]

Ted Cruz is polling at 3% as is Chis Christie and Rick Santorum. All three are tied for ten place so two of the three will likely not be included in the Fox debate. Trump on the other hand is in second place with 12% (and rising), Jeb is first with 19%. If immigration is your issue then Trump is your candidate, assuming you are a logical, pragmatic thinker that is.